Pronunciation and Spelling in English

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But if the word ends in –y, -ie as in the words ladies, Edie the letters “a”, “e” have their alphabetical (long) meaning. 
 
 
 
 
 

*For more information about the rules of reading of vowel combinations (digraphs), see further rules. 

READING  SINGLE VOWEL LETTERS IN STRESSED NON-FINAL SYLLABLES 

Meaning Spelling Examples Exceptions
I. Primary

long

1) vowel + vowel diet  
2) vowel + consonant + vowel vowel + consonant + “r” + vowel

    vowel + consonant + “le”

    vowel + consonant + “re”

pilot

library

idle

fibre

 
II. Primary

short

1) vowel + consonant cluster + vowel

vowel + consonant cluster +“le”

Render 

fiddle

 
2) vowel + consonant + “ic”

    vowel + consonant + “ish”

    vowel + consonant + “ity”

tragic

polish

cavity

 
3) vowel + “v” + vowel never ∙fever

∙over

∙uvula

4) vowel + syllable + syllable fa∙mi∙ly cases with “u”: 

funeral

5) vowel + [ı]-closed syllable

   vowel + [(j)u:]-closed syllable

fa∙cet

tri∙bune

stupid
 

 

Ex. 3.1 ( , track 2)

    Read the following names and decide, from their spelling, if the vowel is short or long. (If there is more than one vowel, focus on the vowel receiving most stress.) If you are not sure, check the recording. 

    Example: Mick = short   Susan = long 

      Mick
      Susan
      Dean
      Sammy
      Cathy
      Martha
      Jane
      Luke
      Tammy
      Rose
      Bert
      Muriel
      Patty
      Pete
      Ross
      Ted
      David
      Becky
      Bud
      Simon
      Beth
      Mike
      Mary
      Tom
      Jean
      Timmy
      Joan
      Bonnie
      Sheila
      Bill
 
 
    Primary short meaning Primary long meaning
     
     
     
     
     
 

Ex. 3.2 Read these words according to the rules: 

Letter “A” (primary short and long meanings):

    barrel gas bat land shall
    angry cab bag band marry
    tangle fat tan pack cattle
    back has sand dad carry
 
    sail

    brain

    paper

    baby

    lady

    main

    able

    bacon

    wait

    parade

    famous

    mate

    lain

    pain

    fate

Letter “E” (primary short and long meanings):

    best clever led met peck
    bell seven set beg shell
    send very men lend merry
    berry when pen bend kettle
 
    he we these agree evening  
    she be me even deep  
           

Letters “I/Y” (primary short and long meanings):

    thimble

    thin

    chips

    wish

    wiggle

    scribble

    twin

    little

    picnic

    fiddle

    kitchen

    history

    ministry

    primitive

    system

 
    why

    mine

    vice

    imply

      rise

    idle

    license

    while

    by

    fly

    nylon

    byre

    rhyme

    arrive

    bicycle

    triangle

    line

    kite

    file

    white

    why

    mine

    vice

    imply

           

Letter “U” (primary short and long meanings):

    crumple

    under

    humble

    hungry

    duck

    must

    funny

    ugly

    begun

    thus

    thunder

    bungle

    buck

    lust

    fuss

    yuck

    cluck

    bud

    puck

    luck

    tube

    duty

    dual

    music

    tune

    computer

    tune

    muse

    humour

    unit

    use

    student

    human

    cube

    tunic

 

Letter “O” (primary short and long meanings):

  dot

stop

chop

flop

cost

doctor

bottle

body

robber

coffee

promise

fox

cod

shot

stock

con

cock

cop

wop

doll

      so                  nose

      go                 probe

      phone           open

hope

rose

joke

note

whole

quote

tone

hole

drove

 

Ex. 3.3

    A: Here are the twelve pairs of rhyming words. In each case, one has an expected spelling for the particular sound and one has not. Choose which has the more predictable spelling. 

    Example: cheque  neck

      (compare neck with peck, deck, wreck, speck and so on) 

    1 dome some 5 rich stitch 9 file style
    2 mash cache 6 chest breast 10 taste waist
    3 steak make 7 wand bond 11 want pant
    4 moon prune 8 blood mud 12 cut put
 
 

    Ex. 3.4 ( , track 3)

    A: In this section the spelling is 100% predictable from the pronunciation. Listen to the recording and write these individual words down. 

    1 ________ 5 ________ 9 ________ 13 ________
    2 ________ 6 ________ 10 ________ 14 ________
    3 ________ 7 ________ 11 ________ 15 ________
    4 ________ 8 ________ 12 ________ 16 ________
 

B: Now see if you can read the following words aloud before you listen to them on the recording. Remember that the pronunciation is still predictable from the spelling. 

    1 scoop 5 patched 9 puddle 13 shun
    2 muted 6 rotter 10 stutter 14 candle
    3 glitch 7 hugged 11 handy 15 rumbled
    4 spine 8 treck 12 budge 16 trash
 

C: Now do the same with the following nonsense words.

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