1.2: Always Vowels
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Our alphabet has twenty-six letters. Some are vowels and some are consonants. While many people learn that the standard five letters (<a>, <e>, <i>, <o>, and <u>) are vowels, the four letters that are always used as vowels are <a>, <e>, <i>, and <o>.*
Note that when we talk about letters, versus sounds, we put them inside pointed brackets, like this:
| <a> | <e> | <i> | <o> |
Examples
Underline the vowel letters in each word.
- itself
- join
Review
- Underline the vowel letters in each word as we have done with the examples itself and join. Don't worry about the check marks yet.
itself √ magic rabbit favor join √ bridge asking their better knee village often - Now sort the words into these four groups and check them off the list as we have done with itself and join. Be careful: most words go into more than one group.
vowel <a> vowel <e> vowel <i> vowel <o> itself itself join join - Fill in the blanks. (Don't forget the pointed brackets!) Four letters that are always vowels are ____, ____, ____, and ____.
- Underline each vowel letter.
above chance height behind board whose believe phone voted region important government - Now sort the words into these groups and check them off the list.
vowel <a> vowel <e> vowel <i> vowel <o>
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- Underline the vowel letters in each word.
itself magic rabbit favor join bridge asking their better knee village often - Now sort the words into these four groups and check them off the list as we have done with itself and join. Be careful: most words go into more than one group.
vowel <a> vowel <e> vowel <i> vowel <o> magic itself itself join rabbit better join favor asking bridge magic often village knee bridge favor village rabbit their asking often village their - Fill in the blanks. (Don't forget the pointed brackets!) Four letters that are always vowels are <a>, <e>, <i>, and <o>.
- Underline each vowel letter.
above chance height behind board whose believe phone voted region important government - Now sort the words into these groups and check them off the list.
vowel <a> vowel <e> vowel <i> vowel <o> above above region above board voted height board chance chance believe voted important whose important whose region behind region height important believe phone behind government phone government
- Underline the vowel letters in each word.