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Slide 9. Rules
Slide 9. Rules
Slide 9. Rules
quack queen
qu
quail quilt
quest quite
#2
Y rule
The ‘y’ steals the
sound of ‘i’ and ‘e’
In one syllable In two syllable
<y> says /i/ <y> says /e/
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Revision
#4
Magic ‘e’
‘e’ is magical and gives it power to short
vowel and converts it to long vowel
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#5
Words starting
with /c/ or /k/
So much confusion
Here is the solution
Cat and Kite were
best friends.
They play and
Kite sing together. Cat
That is why C and K share
same sound as /k/
One day,
While they were playing they
found one box named as
‘vowels’.
Kite Cat
Inside the box there were few toys
And they were called a e i o u
Kite Cat
Cat and Kite loved the vowel toys.
They were very happy.
So they decided to play
with the toys.
Since C is elder than K ,
Kite C said ‘ Can I go first and
Cat
select the
toys’
‘K’ was kind so he said
‘sure’
So ‘C’ picked
‘a’ ‘o’ and ‘u’
and started dancing
So now ‘K’ is left with
‘e’ and ‘i’
y
kick keen
kind kitty
kitten kidney
kitchen kilo
#6
Short vowel
sound + /k/ Not short sound +
= ck /k/ = k
We use ck at the end of a one-syllable word when it follows a short vowel.
black
quack
ck
Country City
mouse mouse
Once upon a
time there
were two mice.
Country mouse
and City Mouse
Country mouse
lived in country
Country and City
City mouse
mouse lived in city. mouse
One day,
country
mouse went
Country to see the city City
mouse mouse mouse
He asked city
mouse that why
your name is
called as <sity>
and not <kity>
Country
mouse
Sir, My pet name is
soft C
and I am friend of kite.
kite has shared his toys
‘e’ ‘i’ and y with me.
So whenever I play with
his toys
‘e’ ‘i’ and ‘y’ I am
sounded as /s/
City
mouse
Oh!, so you mean if
letter ‘c’ is followed
by the vowels ‘e’ ‘i’
or ‘y’,
it usually makes its
soft sound /s/ and
not /k/,
Country like in your name
‘city’
mouse
yes
Country City
mouse mouse
And do you
know the
secret of my
name ?
No !
please
tell me.
Country City
mouse mouse
My pet name is Hard C,
and I am friend of Cat.
Cat has shared her toys
‘a’ ‘o’ and ‘u’ with me.
So whenever I play with
her toys
‘a’ ‘o’ and ‘u’ I am
Country sounded as /k/
mouse
That’s
amazing
Country City
mouse mouse
Moral of the
story
Country City
mouse mouse
dice mice
cake
licecolor
coin
cent
car rice
cent
car
dice
nice camel
lice fancy
color coin
mice face
giraffe
huge
gem
gist
general gum
garden
frog
goose
gorilla
Soft /g/ sound Hard /g/ sound
gem danger
golf green
gist orange
eagle drag
wage engine magnet jungle
#9
Floss rule
fuzz frizz
Exceptions
bus if chef
gas yes pal
nil pal as
#10
Rabbit rule
muffin
2nd
vowel
/i/
Short / Do
con uble
i/ son t he
an
t
kitten
2nd
vowel
/e/
Short / Do
con uble
u/ son t he
an
t
sudden
2nd
vowel
/e/
Short / Do
con uble
u/ son t he
an
t
button
2nd
vowel
/o/
Rabbit rule
words