Vowels and consonants

Vowels and Consonants

1. LettersLetters
SoundsSounds

2. ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
A E I O U Y
The AlphabetThe Alphabet
There are 26 letters in the alphabet.
5 vowels
21 consonants
The letter y may be either a vowel or a consonant
depending upon its position in a word.

3. Vowels and Their SoundsVowels and Their Sounds
•SHORT vowel sounds
–ant egg income orange umbrella
•LONG vowel sounds
–acorn equal iron open uniform
Say these words out loud. Based on how we say
the alphabet – can you explain the difference
between short and long vowel sounds?

4. Words and SoundsWords and Sounds
•Some words are spelt exactly as they sound.
–dog kid he
•Some words do not sound as they are spelt.
–was (woz) love (luv)