Read and Speak English Multimedia CDROM

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

ESL CD-ROM

LIMITED DEMONSTRATION OF CDROM LESSONS

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

EXERCISE  4 - Spelling
The word you need to spell has the picture   .
Click the picture to hear the pronunciation of the word.

The word is formed 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
b	?	?	?
u (this sound of u is  known as short u)	?	?	?
i (this sound of i is known as short i)	?	?	?
a (this sound of a is known as short a)	?	?	?
o (this sound of o is known as short o)	?	?	?
g	?	?	?
e  (this sound of e is known as short e)	?	?	?

ANSWERS

Example words with short vowel sounds
A word with the short a sound   is bat 

A word with the short i sound   is pig 

A word with the short o sound   is fox 

A word with the short u sound   is bug 

A word with the short e sound   is bed 

Rule

The letter i often has the short sound   in one-vowel words where i is in the beginning of the word, as in the word in, or between two consonants, as in the word lid.
 

 (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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