|
SYMBOL
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Usual Spelling
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EXAMPLES
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less common
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EXAMPLES
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ee / ea
|
seat, bean, cheek, sheep, teen |
e (stressed)
|
be, these, complete
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|
i
|
sit, bin, chick, lip, tin |
e (unstressed)
|
English, pretty, before
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|
e
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set, neck, ten, fell, men |
ea
|
bread, health, ready
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a
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sat, ban, lack, pan, hat |
-
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-
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|
u
|
cut, bun, luck, much, cup |
o
|
son, brother, love, month
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|
ar
|
cart, barn, cast, march, part |
a
|
father, dance, bath
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|
o
|
cot, lock, posh, fox, cod |
-
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-
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or / au / aw
|
caught, port, forks, cord, born |
-
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-
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oo
|
book, took, good, look, foot |
u
|
pull, put, butcher
|
|
oo
|
fool, shook, soon, boom, mood |
u
|
Luke, brute, flute
|
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stressed:
er / ir / ur
|
bird, turn, perch, shirt, learn |
wor
|
work, word, worse
|
|
any vowel or vowel combination
|
Barbara,
Photograph,
a house,
the sun,
station |
-
|
-
|
|
a, ai/ay
|
station,
face,
Katy,
day,
May,
stay,
rain,
paid
|
-
|
-
|
|
i/y
|
fine, my, mine, pile, shine, pilot, five |
-
|
-
|
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oi/oy
|
boy,
boil,
joy,
toy,
voice
|
-
|
-
|
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ou/ow
|
house,
out,
ground,
how,
town,
allow
|
-
|
-
|
|
o
|
phone,
so,
ago,
home,
alone,
cold,
both,
post
|
ou/ow
|
soul, though, low, snow
|
|
eer, ear
|
beer,
cheer,
steer,
near,
ear,
dear,
fear
|
-
|
-
|
|
ear
|
chair,
stair,
fair,
hair,
fairy
|
-
|
-
|
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our/owr
|
hour,
our,
sour,
flower,
power
|
-
|
-
|
|
ire
|
fire,
admire,
hire,
tired
|
i+vowel
|
liar, science, giant
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