PRONUNTIATION RULES

1. When a word has two vowels, usually the first vowel says its name and the second vowel is silent.
2. If a word has one vowel and it comes at the end of the word, that word usually has a long vowel sound.

a Long sound vowel:

name came cake main day mail
gave grade late pain pay sail
lake take whale train play tail
page face made rain may nail
same hate date gain say

e Long sound vowel:

key she mean eat teeth

valley we team seat feet
honey be weak meal feel
chimney me sea clean meet
monkey teach tea ear keep

I Long sound vowel:

time line side pile cry dry
smile twice mile spine fly fry
mile mine tie pie sky try

O Long sound vowel:

stone home rose blow low soap
joke nose chose snow show boat
alone spoke stove throw slow road

U Long sound vowel:

use glue rude knew new
tune June cute stew chew
tube huge flute grew flew
a Short sound vowel:
bath band grab hat hand
fact bad last pan ant
map trash bag can man

e Short sound vowel:

went leg rest end sent
met bed left felt wet
men send then ten west
pen bell fresh sell nest

i Short sound vowel:

is fix hid chin dish

lift this wish kid pig

fish swim milk kill visit

o Short sound vowel:

box fox spot job lost

frog fog stop soft hot

cold long short strong God

drop got not ox pop

u Short sound vowel:

us but truck until under

luck gun run sunny

fun must duck funny

s/es plural
friends words boxes
desks books churches
stars girls glasses