Lesson 5

Spelling

Spelling 'a'

The letter 'a' can be pronounced in many different ways; eg.

a
a
a
cat /kæt/, apple /'æpl/
a
shaded/
ai
tail /tl/, mail /ml/
air
as
washing /'wɒʃiŋ/
ay
pay /p/
au


Spelling 'e'

The letter 'e' can be pronounced in many different ways; eg.

e
eat /iːt/
e
ea
ea
steak /stk/
ea
sea /siː/
ee
bee /biː/
ear
ei
eer
ey
Hey! /h/
ei


Spelling 'o'

The letter 'o' can be pronounced in many different ways; eg.

o
o
shotɒt/
o
one /wʌn/
o
oe
or
or
ou
you /jʊ/
ou
ou
ow
ow
cow /k/
owe
oy