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CONTENTS
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Easy Pronunciatio
SECTIO
ONE:VOWELS
3. end.
I.
3. hope/hop
LONG VOWELS om on
key
ng e,
ea,
consonant
e,-y
pea
sweet tree
heat is depletin
energy.
11
Oy consonant hi eye Mike knife bind lime
die
my
e, sigh
om on
koi poi voyage coin moist
pellings oy oi eu coy enjoy rejoice Freud choice loyal
Roy
voice loiter oyster royal
Boyd join poison flamboyant
joy
annoy avoid ointment
rhyme has
Ihe
Common Spellings: a, ay,eigh, ai,
gay rate haste lane major
soy doily Uoyd joint
toy
lay
weigh
delay repay grenade
gate made radio
This is my roommate, R a y . J a k e wait
ou taxesl
.Don't
consonant
Common Spellings:
fNI,
consonant
+e
blue drew pursue tube typhoo rude Luke Th few
12
my
to
debut feud balloo reduce kook
glue Magoo exude resume new excuse
review few moon duke amuse
followin words have a Y
ewe beauty
13
woo
you shoe June
sue construe boo soon
rude tube
conclude tune
to
fy
of
Common Spellings:
ow, oe, ough,
consonant
SHORT VOWELS
go Joe oh Pope
note debt
grown Edgar Allan oe
test Ted
Leave
regular
wet
reques
little too OW om on
pellings e, ea (alway followed by conso-
om on nants)
Poe rope
excellen
give
pellings ow ou
wet.
ow
how
route
about
shout
dour
town
clown
doub
14
rowdy
dowdy shower brown noun
SHORTIH om on pellings i,y (alway followed by consonants is
fit
it
dim
gy
kid Dick
15
fi
hid wish Rick
exit
ra
Nicholas
cat last Mac ti trash
la
have
ha
ga
wrap
man
ov magazine,
busy. CO
fast half
sa
ARIS N: SH
sandwich an
IH SHORT
Slipped/slept SHORT om on
pellings
(always
foHowed
consonants) sob palm honest blond
AW Co
on
pellings aw au ou coffee
(always followed b y
16
c on so na n
consonant
draw raw
pawn daughter
SHORTAH om on pellings
al
awfu today
water
Ica
17
(REGIONA
PRONUNCIATION)
saw/saw caught/caught water/water
awfuVawful dog/dog coffee/coffee
SHORT Common Spellings: nant) could put cook brook
should took nook crook
ou,
off/off walk/walk
(always followed
RE
cons~
cushy
good foot,
SHORTUH om on pellings u, hut fun lump pump
but
su me hug
ED
be reduce
bud
flood
lovely
money sudden
18
OWEL
to
jnother jdjust jccomplish investi.gate r~sidual phQtOgripher r~liance
about jlive possible beautiful persQnal photQgraph Santa~ra homgcide Is it possible
(always followed
EUTR s:
to
c o ns on a nt ) to
insignificant junk dumb
wonderful
19
alone ilccumulate animjl constant residence Los Anggle syPport
CONFUSIN E/
VOWE
PAIR
sheep/ship heat/hit
deep/dip peat/pit
Why
to
soon/sun boonlbun mood/mud
read/rid seek/sick
tune/ton Shoot/shut boot/but
super/supper coop/cup
fit rut.
like to read.
raid/red baitlbet
supper.
wadelwed
laidlled mate/met
tradeltred
eggs
to
bought
frayed.
road/rod coat/co cloak/clock
hurt shirt serve
bird learn jerk
bur hurd curt
sir curd word
fur skirt work
gull lull
hull null
mull
sully
dull
cull
cart
Bart
mart
soak/sock slope/slop
hopeIhop toadlTodd code/cod town
toad.
C a p e Codl
were dirt Bert
area
the tarp
far
20
21
ball mall
all haul
wall
fall tall
Should
as
Betty
care
sure
share
rare order lord gorge
ford cork north
orchestra torpedo dork
kale dale
sword Dale ca rare. If ou
full shell
well gel
pull Mel
here jeer steer
beer deer we're
gear leer weird
coal stole
bell tell
totl
troll role bowl
fail tale
,yo
mole
foal
fe
really expensiv gold bowl du d e e p
spear seer peer
pyre ire
transpire
22
,-
whole
23
wire
squire sire
pile Lyle while
guile style file
rile vial Kyle
isle bile Giles
mile wile
tile Nile
boil coil
le is
tt
foil ilth ir
deployer
contou mature tool cool
oil spoil
lso
th
jewel mule
oil Doyle
ghoul drool
rule ridicule
Mr Doye need good la yer. We'v ed co ated ou oyer Sa awye wo ks on nava destroyer.
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SECTIO
TWO: CONSONANTS
SIMPL CONSONANTS fowl jowl
(Variation I) live Larry lucid
shor tower
flower Why
li Tu
love light linger
elevator eligible elephant ib
ss
down th television I' on th telephone.
kLo
(Variation 2)
It
ro book. all roll pull
milk pill
Ralph will gel
will hello
owl full
Bill tall lane/rain limb/rim liver/river
look/rook loom/room real/Lill
(I letlcall like/well leftlbell letter/fill
got
lie/pull law/all IastIwiU live/Carol
ke to
cab.
TH:VOICEDNOICELESS PAIR This they there
ol
with thought through
left
radio wrong
red
raid
am I·
come froml The arrow raced to its target.
Please is
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books there.
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V O I C E L E S S TH
to solve crimes.
Sue,
authors math
once wealthy, to
Ezra Tuesda rise
visit wise is
zoo files Bozo
VO CE ES
best
TH
breath/breathe cloth/clothe ether/either wrath/rather
mouth/mouthe thought/though think/this thigh/thy
very They
lazy. easy to files? Why is ther
hisslhis buslbuzz hearselhers excuse/excuse do
soup solve sold
Sally sit
cell sing
Rosa soda
his
el like
ra C OM PA R O N V O C E
bees
lot
ice/eyes piece/peas loose/lose close/close
peas with
sandwich
29
SH shy usher shoes
I.
she
fin-' is
ts
es
nt
if
pealy
[today.
ZH
sf lo
is
view
very e e
violets
fusion/fuschia measurelmesher
ety of violen
on Tv.
ou
vow
30
31
VISit
ein
MP RI
fairylvery leaflleave
final/vinyl halflhave
haveto av that on vi yl ea ethe inalc to wo th e. is al is er fu y. Veronicafo th lu io fo information. It's fogg this evening. If yo can,vis
ame~ There'
hang ding
Neve leav your family
pingin bring
lth se an wers ar
summer bu
mind
yfo
reminder Tom
it.
eth
go.
inet
erce
hanc
rain
Bing
ro
et
inga
ng ef re gt
,T
ago.
thi morning.
one
32
never
th best bargain. Th children sangjinglebell again. Tr yt ea ou idsh re er finger 's an ry ecau he's hungry Yo aren't gettin an younger. 33
year. we'll
J)
too m a n y
car.
wide we wear
an ou arrang
wit would want
winter worry
welcome It
NK
Iw
as wtty sink dunk
tank wink drink
fyo try dunkin
e,
ight sink.'I1sthi
in
here him hide
high hat help
hundre
hear
hard the
hand during the .b
year yesterday
fe There Why does
34
35
happy hotel
hold head
Iw
peach pile pear
et
fu re et e. an I'llp ll Please shar
au ou
potatoes pizza operation fe
traffic town tire ed
full price. Youpush
pi io abou this opera-
sala fo th picnic
terrible hote
Th traffi to orrow. To attack hi work ri ht away Youmaybe Ti lbe rr w. Tues ea ri ro ry
PH is pronounced like photograph, phone, phony PS is pronounce lik S:psychologist psychiatrist psy chic. ri Barbara bed banana Th abrupt nois took begin
He
,I'
arbara bought some ba anas boy. et ea break.
36
abou to
Billneed to go
during
delighted with ad
en er
on
an COMPARISONT/D tall/doll ten/den tile/dial
time/dime tie/dye try/dry 37
tome/dome tell/dell tip/dip
lt
marriage rejuvenat
kale
keep
cabinet according cold
age. Thel,r marriage Orange
good
finish. you
CH
if
cooked.
give Gary get
go
his team
gorgeous
you. Charle
chos
wrenched
ankle!
elegant gang
game ago.
gas.
38
et's ge some
gown.
washlwatch hushlhutch cash/catch dish/ditch sheik/cheek
share/chair shoes/choose sheep/cheap mash/match marsh/march
39
chidchick wishlwitch shop/chop shin/chin
wash
ywa it
nth
MIDDLET
tc
STRESSEDSYLLABLEBEGINNINGWITH
Patty
or te
lan
MIDDLED
K,T Maddie~s go re der. it fo your le der. adde bi her. adieadd er ot Hey,buddy. ow ar you? is
communicate ro
sat
ta
UNSTRESSEDSYLLABLES BEGINNINGWITH
Th se pple co
it
yle
batter is ready.
lat
lyis Th entire pape is important.
city
th ., ificNorth est. To ayi eyo
unic ti is th key. lifo ni 'sa bi stat Th ppli nc re brok n. This toba is ol he acon is cooked. 40
COMPARISON:MIDDLE wetting/weddin waiter/wader
MIDDLED
betting/beddin
41
matter/madde
ater sayabou th aiders Th latter isove th re Th ladder isove th re Tellm if te lm if he's walter ISrelaxmg. Th weddin is finished T/
FOLLOWEDBYLATTH EN
little battle rattle sidle brittle tattle candle puddle cattle fuddle fiddle saddle
OFWORD
Mrs.Martin bought some mitt ns to listen to the
made Horton D, K, G,
BA
te Iwa
AWO
pick/pig Huck/hug back/bag
bop/Bob nap/nab sup/sub eto
th
Ith ssu
ln
NOTE ON GRAMMATICALENDING
FOLLOW NG gr
fainting
bushes in nt
eyo
hear soften
hitlhid pat/pad rot/rod
llma
too
printe
too
Ihi
What happened to of le
That kitten
Sis
to nouns to form thei plurals:
Sis he
to verbs to form th simple presen
te se take, takes
nTo but we ente
,c
instead.
ir
go
gu
-' is adde to nouns to form th possessive
FOLLOWED BY-EN -ON, -I GRAMMATICALENDIN grapes
42
as lS ref's
43
-ED PRONOUNCE -E is pronounced gifts
walk/walked wash/washed notice/noticed
too loudly.
GR MMATICAL EN IN
k,
wrap/wrapped dress/dressed cough/coughed
as IIZJ
help/helped laugh/aughed
Larry washed
.W -ED PRONOUNCE
AMMATICA Ron's Mary's
EN IN
nt in de wed/wedded
as fZ Tom's Gail's
runs wears
110/
loadlloaded chat/chatted wade/waded
e/
girls bags
to th
movies
expected to to to be seated
44
45
-EDPRONOUNCED /0/ -ED is pronounced -d af er ny play/played clean/cleaned smile/smiled rob/robbed
study/studied live/lived arrive/arrived cry/cried
fU tcalle
th
er ou grab/grabbed call/called move/moved
It There's bo with hi feet al splayedout
sh but they've ev ivedfar ro ere. Th cu ture rabbed bl at en io ce cleane og ra ed hi setf It ever ee ed th an eg ed or more fo cared. NITIAL CONS
ne
SPl
NANT
ak
Marycr ed
hi
li ter?
SPR spring sprig
spirit ~rty.
tt
sparrow speed
arin
at as se plan
spare spurn
re
spat spirit
rt ca
gh "S ar sp ut thei 46
sprint sprain
sprocket sprinkle
yard.
spaghetti sport
quet.
speeding Ca have
rod an spoi th child.
re
spray spry
Springha sprung today. Spread th toas with fres but-
CLUS ER
SP spoon spin
I' spli th billwith you.
stem sty
stud
47
stick steal
est stove. That salv stoppe th stin fast What lovelylon Melanie'srin isstudded with diamonds It's no polite to
SK skin school scat
skate skinny skid Scudde scoot scalp scared skim skip
scarce score sky
scan scale
in
STR stride strum
strive struck
scarce Don' skip school What strike
scalpers.
eth
~0:-V.
th scor last night.
SQU
eto squalor ys with squirt gun. Squirrel neve squander ac~rns Stop your squirming! When Sa squashed th bu ItsqUishe beneat hi shoe
stress.
slid sleeve Slade
sling slot slide
slip slow slate
slum slick
et
clea slate.
slime slack
slew sleep
SN careful ysl
snake snit snail Mary no
snide snag snow
snare snore snorkle snivel snob
in snit bo nd snow
snitch snip
snap snicker
sn ggin he st ckings al ys ew gsn lllastwe k. us snip little offthe 49
e' al aysi snit is alwayssniveling
He snared sn ke
he little snit break
SM smear smell Smith
I·like th braide brand. of gth
Smedleysmash
Smith
braid
brackish bracket bruise [ust bro~e
:B
to
of
smitten
IS
b,:"
th braide bracke best.
isth Smedleyand Smit corporation. Ou s'more land smoo hes. smashed.
your
il if
thin I'
smart.
Smith got
ply pliers plow
implore imply plaster
plead plug plink
j' like plenty of bland blank bleed
blare Bly blend
black bliss blame
stay in
little plodding
bludgeon blow
Why do
blad is to
prove pray
to live in Beverl Hills.
Blackberries an blueberrie make good blend. Whic to la Try not to fo th ri mind Jerry' blustering an blarin personality. Have ever felt such blistering heat 50
li
pray. Why ou dth eto to pr tice aise is reallyprecious. Maybew ca pr it you prove tha aren't th pranksterl 51 to
CL club closet clip
clock clasp clue
Why gloa over
clean clear clamp
grist grime green
gripe grind gray
dress drag drive
drove dry drill
grow greet grade
grip grand grab
gracious gradua
CR crow create crank
creeds created!
cream craze critic
crevice
Crows fly
crisp. GL glory glare glide
to
glad glass glaze
glue glee gland
glorify glamour glance
drag
self
TR train tr
trick
flogging. true truck trail
I'd like to
tr
pl
tr
tram
trial triangle tribe fruit from frank
to
like to
treat.
to leads to
fry fro fraud
ti frazzle to
tasty froth.
THR
Fred
ik
fray.
QU quiz quantum
fair. Thi throttle ha
it
ct
to
pe0-
Alice
FL flew flag flash
fling
flog
flask flack flail
FINA
ui
Why quibble if
CONS
NANT
CLUS ER
-RCH away your ou
54
rk
perch
55
parch
church
Fred
perche on th tiful arches.
bi ch tree.
man churches hav beau-
-RP
Garb yourself in beautifu colors ur yo writ this blurb?
Earp
warp
-RB
Barb like livingin th le id
-RD bird guard
inA -RT heart shirt port
curt skirt sport
Bart wart
she was permanently marred
art sort
th
ts
-RGE yh
starting to hurt
sarge large
surge gorge
-RK hark jerk Dirk
fork Turk perk
park irk dark
mark lurk
Burke Kirk bark
murk work O'Rourke
Mrs.Bu ke give lots of perk to he wo kers
was
-R
Why did
with your fork
56
57
Why
was scarred,
furl an
-RYE
ee
swirls
knows
ow flag
-RLD it.
-RSE or -RCE
-RST
purse.
-MP
-RSH
damp sump
site in this g r a v y .
-R girl burl
pearl
url hurl
arm storm
58
harm farm
hump
ump
too many lump
earn warn
learn
ent splint
tum
hunt isn't
aren't
FINA CLUSTERS WITH
-NCH lunch launch
sent flint
raunchy
hunch
bulb milk
munch
snacks.
Kalb silk
bald bilk
FINA CLUSTERS
-NK
task bust
tusk cast
wild
old
bold
IT
husk last
rust
cast. lt
-P
leapt band
grind land
forever. 60
61
NOTES
tenth fourteenth seventeenth twelfth
ninth thirteenth sixteenth nineteenth
month eleventh fifteenth eighteenth in
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uar
iveon th
call.
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