Read and Speak English Multimedia CDROM

Teaches Reading, Spelling, Pronunciation, Phonetics, Vocabulary, Handwriting

English as a Second Language CD-ROM

LIMITED DEMONSTRATION OF CDROM LESSONS

*** Note:  The CDROM is completely interactive.  Unfortunately, this Internet demonstration is not interactive.

EXERCISE  5 - Spelling
The word you need to spell has the picture   .
Click the picture to hear the pronunciation of the word.

The word you will spell is made up from three sounds.  Click a large record player to hear a sound.
Then, find a green letter that has the same sound.   Click the matching ? .
If you clicked correctly, then you will see a happy face.

Sound Letter or Letters	1	2	3
c (this sound of c is known as soft c)	?	?	?
u (this sound of u is  known as long u)	?	?	?
i (this sound of i is known as long i)	?	?	?
a (this sound of a is known as long a)	?	?	?
o (this sound of o is known as long o)	?	?	?
e (the e without sound is known as silent e)	?	?	?
e  (this sound of e is known as long e)	?	?	?

ANSWERS

Example words with long vowel sounds
A word with the long a sound   is lake 

A word with the long i sound   is kite 

A word with the long o sound   is bone 

A word with the long u sound   is tube 

A word with the long e sound   is she 

Example words with soft and hard c sounds
A word with the soft c sound   is city 

A word with the hard c sound   is cat 

Rule

The letter i often has the long sound   in two-vowel words, or two-vowel combination, where the first vowel is i and the second vowel is silent.  A two-vowel word example is fire   ,where i is long  and e is silent  .  A two-vowel combination word is tie   , where i is long   and e is silent  .

 (c) Anotek, Inc.  - Copyright 1996 - Patent Pending
Title: Read and Speak English
(Teaches Reading, Spelling, Pronunciation and Phonics, Vocabulary and Handwriting)
Authors: George N. Balanis, PhD, MBA and Toula Balanis, AA
Publisher: Anotek, Inc.
Circulation:  1 January 2000

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