YOU CAN READ

ENGLISH
(For slow learners in English)

Prepared By:
G.Murugan, M.A., B.Ed.,
B.T.Assistant,
P.U.M.School, Vilampatti,
Ayothiyapattanam Block,
Salem-Dt, PIN:636139.
 INDEX
S.No Contents Page No
1 English Alphabet 1-2
2 Sounds of vowels and consonants 3
3 Words starting with ba, ca, da, .. 4-7
4 Words starting with be, de, fe, .. 8-11
5 Words starting with bi, di, fi, .. 12-15
6 Words starting with bo, co, do, .. 16-19
7 Words starting with bu, cu, du, .. 20-23
8 Vowel chart – consolidated 24
9 Word chart – consolidated 25
10 Words ending with same consonant sounds 26-35
11 Three steps in reading 36-38
12 Daily table for word reading (Three sounds) 39-43
13 Odd man out 44
14 Comparison of consonant sounds 45-46
15 Comparison of vowel sounds 47-48
16 Words starting with vowel sounds 49-50
17 Words starting with consonant sounds 51-52
18 Words ending with two consonant sounds 53-55
19 Daily table for word reading (more than 3 sounds) 56-61
20 Modification of vowel sounds 62-63
21 Words having “ee” sounds 64-65
22 Words having “ea” sounds 66-67
23 Words having “oo” sounds 68
24 Words having “ou” sounds 69
25 Words having “oa” sounds 70
26 Words having “ai” sounds 71
27 Words having “au” sounds 72
28 Modification of “g” into “j” 73
29 List of lengthy words for evaluation 74
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ALPHABET - CAPITAL LETTERS
A B C D E F G
H I J K L M
N O P Q R S T
U V W X Y Z

ALPHABET - SMALL LETTERS

a b c d e f g
h i j k l m
n o p q r s t
u v w x y z

ALPHABET
Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg
Hh Ii Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn
Oo Pp Qq Rr Ss Tt Uu
Vv Ww Xx Yy Zz
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Read the ALPHABET in the correct order:

A F W R Z
M B E I
X J O P C
G L N H
K Q U D
S Y V T

Read the BOLD letters:

bag nib visit

well box boys

fun sun man

pen joy gift

zip ox bench
belt pin duster

kitchen help desk

pencil toy
ant ring
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Vowels and sounds
a – - an, add, ass
e - G - egg, end,
i - C - in, if, it, ink
o - B - ox, on, or, of
u - A - up, us
Consonants and sounds

b-l l- p w-q
c-d m-m y–n

d-h n- u ch - f
f - @l p- l sh - x

g-d r-o th - j

h-y s-v ck – d
j-w t-h ng - e

k-d v-q x – dv
For the teacher: Use the example words for explaining the primary
sounds of vowel letters.
Note : The phonetic sound of a is / æ /
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Say the sounds of letters in the boxes below:
bat, cat, hat, ………

ba ca da fa

ga ha ja ka la ma

na pa ra sa ta va

wa ya za cha sha tha

va za ba ra

sha ca sa cha

ga ja ta da

na tha ya la

fa pa ka wa

ma ha

For the teacher: Ask the students to read all the boxes horizontally
then vertically.
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Let Us Read:
ba t ca t da d
ba d ca p da m
ba n ca n da b
ba g ca b

fa t ha t la p
fa n ha d la d
fa x ha m la m

ma d pa n ra t ta p
ma n pa t ra m ta g
ma p pa d ra n ta x
ma t pack ra p
ma x ra g
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Read the words aloud:

bat cat

ban ba bag cab ca cap

bad can

rat mat

rag ra ran map ma man

ram mad
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Read the words aloud:

pat dad

pa da
pad pan dam dab

fat tap

fa ta
fax fan tag tax
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Say the sounds of letters in the boxes below:
bell, pen, hen, ………

G be ce de fe

ge he je ke le me

ne pe re se te ve

we ye ze che she the

se be ke we

ve ze pe re

she ge fe che

ce ne te le

je the ye de

he me

For the teacher: Ask the students to read all the boxes horizontally
then vertically.
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Let Us Read:

be ll de ll well
be n de n wet
be t de ck web
be g
be d

he ll le g me n fed

he n le t me t fen

less mess fe ll

pe t re d se ll tell

pe g re x se t te n

pen reck
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Read the words aloud:

beg

bet be ben

bed

let

leg le led

less

pen

pe
pet peg
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Read the words aloud:

den

de
deck dell

well

we
web wet

red

re
reck rex
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Say the sounds of letters in the boxes below:
big, hill, nib, ………

C bi ci di fi

gi hi ji ki li mi

ni pi ri si ti vi

wi yi zi chi shi thi

ri pi ki wi

vi zi bi shi

yi ci si shi

gi mi ti di

ni thi fi li

hi ji

For the teacher: Ask the students to read all the boxes horizontally
then vertically.
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Let Us Read:
bi g di m fi ll hi ll
bi ll di p fi g hi p
bi d di g fi n hi t
bi n di n fi sh hi m
bi t dick fi t

li p mi d ni b pi g
li t mi x ni l pi ll
li d miss ni p pi n
li ck nick pi t

si n ti p wi ll
si p ti t wi n
si m ti ck wi t
si t ti ll
si ck ti n
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Read the words aloud:

bill dig

big bi bin dip di din

bid did

fin hip

fit fi fill his hi hill

fig hit
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Read the words aloud:

lid till

lit li lip tip ti tin

lick tit

pig sip

pit pi pill sit si sim

pin sin
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Say the sounds of letters in the boxes below:
boy, dog, pot, ………

B bo co do fo

go ho jo ko lo mo

no po ro so to vo

wo yo zo cho sho tho

ho po ko go

vo tho yo ro

sho co so cho

wo jo to do

no zo bo lo

fo mo

For the teacher: Ask the students to read all the boxes horizontally
then vertically.
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Let Us Read:
bo y co p do t
bo ss co n do g
bo x co t do n
co ck do ck

fo x go t ho t
fo r go d ho p
ho g

jo b lo t mo p
jo y lo g mo ss
lo ss mo b
lo ck mo ck
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Read the words aloud:

cot

com co cop

cock

don

doll do dock

dog

mop

mock mo mob

moss
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Read the words aloud:

box

bo
boss boy

hot

ho
hog hop

lot

lo
loss lock
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Say the sounds of letters in the boxes below:
bus, cup, hut, ………

A bu cu du fu

gu hu ju ku lu mu

nu pu ru su tu vu

wu yu zu chu shu thu

fu pu ku wu

vu zu bu ru

shu cu su chu

gu ju yu du

nu thu mu lu

tu hu

For the teacher: Ask the students to read all the boxes horizontally
then vertically.
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Let Us Read:
bu s bu g cu b du b
bu t bu d cu t du ll
bu n bu ck cu p du ck
bu y cu r du x

fu n gu n hu t ju g
fu ss gu m hu m ju t
fu r gu ll hu g
gu t hu sh

lu g mu g mu m nu ll
lu ck mu d mu tt nu n
mu ch mu ff

ru n su n su p
ru g su b su ck
ru t su d su ch
su m
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Read the words aloud:

bus

bun bu bud

but

cut

cur cu cub

cup

dull

dub du duck

dux
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Read the words aloud:

gun

gull gu gum

gut

hut

hush hu hum

hug

rush

rut ru run

rum
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Vowel chart
a e i o u
b ba be bi bo bu
c ca ce ci co cu
d da de di do du
f fa fe fi fo fu
g ga ge gi go gu
h ha he hi ho hu
j ja je ji jo ju
k ka ke ki ko ku
l la le li lo lu
m ma me mi mo mu
n na ne ni no nu
p pa pe pi po pu
r ra re ri ro ru
s sa se si so su
t ta te ti to tu
v va ve vi vo vu
w wa we wi wo wu
y ya ye yi yo yu
z za ze zi zo zu
ch cha che chi cho chu
sh sha she shi sho shu
th tha the thi tho thu
For the teacher: Ask the students to read the table horizontally then
vertically to understand the sounds better.
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Read the words with correct pronunciation:

a e i o u
bag bed bill boy bus
cap cell city cot cup
dam den dip dog duck
fan fen fish for fun
gad get gill god gum
hat hen hip hop hut
jam jet jig job jug
lap leg lip lock luck
man met mix mock mug
nap neck nib not nut
pad pen pig pot pup
ran red rib rob run
sat set sit sob sun
tax ten tin toy tub
chap chess chin chop chum
shad shell ship shop shut
than then thin --- thud
For the teacher: Make sure that the students read the words with
correct pronunciation.
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Say the sounds from the star:

ca va
la
ma
cha
fa
ra

la
na

sa ga

pa ha

ja da

wa ba za
sha
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Let us read:

bat cat gap hap

fat hat lap map
mat pat nap sap
rat chat tap

ban can bad dad

fan man had lad
pan ran mad pad
tan van sad

cab bag
lab tag
dab rag
tab wag

dam lam
jam ram
sam ham
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Say the sounds from the star:

he ke
fe le

de
ne

ce re

te
we
ze
he
se
je
pe
me
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Let us read:

get net yet

let set pet
met wet jet

mess neck

less deck

chess check

bed fed beg

red wed leg

led shed peg

ben den bell cell

fen hen dell hell

men ten sell tell

pen yen well shell

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Say the sounds from the star:

si

li

di

ni

ti

fi

pi

ri
ti
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Let us read:

big dig dim him

fig pig rim sim
rig wig vim

hip nip bit lit

rip tip kit wit
dip zip fit pit
lip ship sit chit
sip chip hit shit

fix six mix

fish dish wish

din win bin

fin tin chin
pin sin thin

rib nib fib sib

bid did rid lid

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Say the sounds from the star:

bo
do va

wo
go

so
jo
mo
lo
ho
no
fo

po
co
ro
vo
to
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Let us read:

god boss dock

rod moss lock
nod loss rock
pod toss mock

dog boy
log joy
hog toy

cop hop pot lot

mop pop cot dot
top shop hot got
chop not

job box
rob fox
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Say the sounds from the star:

du shu

chu bu

cu tu

gu vu

fu ru

ju su

hu nu

mu pu lu
lu
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Let us read:

bun fun cub hub

gun nun tub sub
run sun rub pub
shun dub

bus puss fuss thus

bum hum
sum gum

pup puff rush

cup buff hush

but nut
gut rut
hut mutt
jut shut
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Read the following words using the
three steps:
1. Split the word by spelling up to the vowel
letter.
2. Pronounce the sounds of each part of the
word separately.
3. Read the word as a whole.

ba ni sh ca n ce r
be te l ce n su s
bi t ch ci vi l
bo ta ny co me dy
bu c ke t cu t te r

da n ce r fa mi ly
de bi t fe n de r
di s cu s fi ni sh
do c ke t fo re s t
du s te r fu n ne l
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Read the following words using the three steps:

ha bi t ja c ke t

he l me t je l ly

hi l ly ji f fy

ho ne s t jo l ly

hu n ge r ju m p

la n d ma g ne t

le s se n me n to r

li mi t mi l ch

lo c ke t mo de l

lu n g s mu n ch

na s ty pa d dy

ne ve r pe n ci l

ni m bu s pi t ch

no r th po li sh

nu m be r pu ni sh
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Read the following words using the three steps:

ra b bi t sa ti n

re mi t se le c t

ri ve r si s te r

ro c ke t so i l

ru b be r su f fe r

ta n k cha m p

te x t che ri sh

ti mi d chi cke n

to pi c cho p pe r

tu n ne l chu r ch

tha n k sha t te r

thi c ke t she l f

the f t shi f t

tho r n sho r t

thu m b shu t te r
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Read the following words in three simple steps:
1 back belly bicker bob buff
band bedeck bilk body bulb
bang belt birch boil bulk
Date:………………………………… signature:………………………………………

2 banish bench bitch bomb bump

bash bend city boyish bunch
cabin berth civet boxing bund
Date:………………………………… signature:………………………………………

3 cadet best civic botany burn

camel betel dish comb bust
camera cent ding comedy butt
Date:………………………………… signature:………………………………………

4 damp cess dint copy cuff

dash check disc coil cull
family chef ditch cord culm
Date:………………………………… signature:………………………………………

5 fatal cherish fixity corm cult

famish cherry fifth corn curb
gaby chest fifty cork curd
Date:………………………………… signature:………………………………………

For the teacher: Make sure that the students pronounce correctly.
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Read the following words in three simple steps:

6 gad debit filch dock curl

gang deft filth dolt curt
garish devil finish foil cusp
Date:………………………………… signature:…………………………………

7 gash demit fist fond duct

habit dent gilt form dumb
canal depth hilt foyer dunce
Date:………………………………… signature:…………………………………

8 carat desk hind honest dummy

carry devil hint horn dung
fancy fend hitch join dusk
Date:………………………………… signature:…………………………………

9 happy feral hither lord funky

harry fetch kilt lorry furl
jack helix king loyal fuzz
Date:………………………………… signature:…………………………………

10 jazz help link locket fuzzy

hash lilt lick loft funk
hatch lily lift long gully
Date:………………………………… signature:…………………………………

For the teacher: Make sure that the students pronounce correctly.
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Read the following words in three simple steps:

11 has hemp limb model gush

lamina herd limit modus gust
lamp hest link moil gulf
Date:………………………………… signature:………………………………………

12 lamb jelly lint monk gulp

lanky jerk list nomad hunch
lash jest lisp novel hunt
Date:………………………………… signature:………………………………………

13 navel jetty livid notch hurl

paddy kemp living policy hurry
panel kerb milk hush
Date:………………………………… signature:………………………………………

14 panic left miller polish husk

radish legs mimic pomp husky
rally lend mink pond jump
Date:………………………………… signature:………………………………………

15 rapid lens mint royal junk

rarity leper mirth soil lucky
raven lest milch sorry lull
Date:………………………………… signature:………………………………………

For the teacher: Make sure that the students pronounce correctly.
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Read the following words in three simple steps:

16 latch level pinch sort lump

land levity pink song lung
lavish levy pint sod lurch
Date:………………………………… signature:…………………………………

17 lack medal pish soft lurk

pant melt pitch sock lust
parry mend rift toft lunch
Date:………………………………… signature:…………………………………

18 ravish mercy rill toil muff

patch merit ring torch muggy
rank metal rink tonic munch
Date:………………………………… signature:…………………………………

19 satin neck river toper murk

salad nest rivet tomb murky
salary next silk
Date:………………………………… signature:…………………………………

20 sandy pedal sill topic musk

sand pelt silt torch must
sanity penny silk vomit mutt
Date:………………………………… signature:…………………………………

For the teacher: Make sure that the students pronounce correctly.
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Read the following words in three simple steps:

21 tact perch sing tuff sump

tally peril sink tuft surf
tank perish sixer turk witty
Date:………………………………… signature:………………………………………

22 tatty perk sick rest null

taxi pert sift retina numb
wader pest sixty self tuck
Date:………………………………… signature:………………………………………

23 wand petal tilt runt turf

wasp refer ting rung turk
waxy relent tint rusk turn
Date:………………………………… signature:………………………………………

24 waxen relish tipsy punish tusk

rely thing puppy tut
remit think rust pulp
Date:………………………………… signature:………………………………………

25 send tenet vigil rut pump

seven test visit sub pun
weft text vivid suds punch
Date:………………………………… signature:………………………………………

For the teacher: Make sure that the students pronounce correctly.
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Read and circle the odd man out:
1. can, fan, don, van
2. bat, fat, pat, hit
3. lip, zip, map, chip
4. till, hell, fell, bell
5. shut, hit, but, nut
6. red, wed, fed, bud
7. god, rid, lid, bid
8. log, dog, tag, hog
9. pen, van, hen, ten
10. run, gun, sun, van

11. boss, less, toss, loss

12. can, fan, van, don
13. cop, top, lip, hop
14. dim, hum, vim, him
15. hut, not, got, pot

16. beg, peg, dog, leg

17. piss, mess, hiss, kiss
18. gull, hull, well, null
19. mud, lad, had, pad
20. rub, hub, cub, job
For the teacher: Please check them whether they read and circle the
words according to the sounds.
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Read the set of words correctly:
dip - tip
drip - trip
drug - truck
fed - bed
fond - pond
fun - fun
punk - funk
kill - hill
gulf - gulp
lamb - lamp
lash - lass
nib - nip
rang - rank
rent - rend
slab - slap
tap - tab
think - thing
cutter - gutter
wed - wet
wick - wig

For the teacher: Ask the students to read the words with the correct
consonant sound.
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Read the set of words correctly:
bang - bank
beck - beg
felt - belt
best - fest
bill - pill
bitch - pitch
blank - plank
box - pox
brick - prick
bug - buck
pulp - bulb
bump - pump
bun - fun
cab - cap
catch - hatch
crab - grab
dell - tell
den - ten

For the teacher: Ask the students to read the words with the correct
consonant sound.
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Mind the vowel and read the words correctly:

fat - fit

mat - met

chat - chit

map - mop

lap - lip

nap - nip

man - men

sap - sip

ran - run

dad - did

had - hid

pad - pod

lad - lid

sin - sun

dam - dim

For the teacher: Ask the students to read the sets of words
horizontally.
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Mind the vowel and read the words correctly:

cat - cot - cut

sat - set - sit

hap - hip - hop

tap - tip - top

pan - pen - pin

tan - ten - tin

mad - mid - mud

sam - sim - sum

ham - him - hum

bat - bet - bit - but

hat - hit - hot - hut

pat - pet - pit - pot

bag - beg - big - bug

fan - fen - fin - fun

bad - bed - bid - bud

For the teacher: Ask the students to read the sets of words
horizontally.
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Let us read:

absent album

abject angry

access anger

accent ascetic

accident aspect

amber assets

ambition attic

eccentric elicit

ecliptic empty

edict eminent

edition enact

effect enhance

efficient epic

eject erect

elastic enrich

election establish
For the teacher: Ask the students to read the words in the three steps
above mentioned.
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Let us read:

if inception interest
ill incident infect
inject index invent
immense infest inflict
imminent inland itch
impact inset inspection
impel insult influx

object officer organic

obsess
offer
O olive
obstinacy
O oil
ostrich

udder under until

ugly

ulcer

uncoil
u unfit

unjust

unlock
u uphill

upper

upset

For the teacher: Ask the students to read the words in the three steps
above mentioned.
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Let us read
blast branch
bless brevity
blink bring
blot broth
blunt brush

class crab
clerk crest
clink crisp
clock crop
clutch crush

flag frank
flesh fresh
fling frill
flock frog
flush frump

glad grand
glen grim
glitter gross
gloss grub
glut
For the teacher: Read a few words for sample and then ask them to
read aloud.
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Let us read:

drag plastic
drench plenty
drink plinth
drop plot
drum pluck

track slab
trend slender
trick slip
tropic slot
truck slut

smack snap
smell snip
smith snuff
smut

sketch practice
skip predict
skill print
skull profit
For the teacher: Read a few words for sample and then ask them to
read aloud.
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Let us read some new words:

best nest pest rump hump

test hest chest sump bump

west lest rest pump dump

bent sent
cent pent
lent tent
dent went
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Let us read some new words:

bond hind bund

pond wind fund

band hand bend tend

rend mend
sand land
wand wend send

fank bank husk tusk

tank sank rusk dusk

lank musk

left
loft cost weft
toft lost
deft
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Let us read some new words:

bust dust lust must gust rust

hunt fact wink

punt pact think

sunt tact sink

lift belt hunk

gift felt dunk

shift melt bunk

rift pelt funk

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Read the words of your own:
1 balance bereft bidder boiling buffer
ballast bestir bidding bombard buffet
banker better bitter bombastic bugger
barrel ceramic cinder bomber bumper
Date:………………………………… signature:………………………………………

2 basket celebrity citizen boycott bumpkin

batten central civilian botanist burglar
batter cervix dissect botany bursar
cactus cervical diction coiner burner
Date:………………………………… signature:………………………………………

3 calendar cession dignity commerce burning

capital debris diminish compact burnish
capsicum deliver disaster combat butter
captivity delivery disband combing culprit
Date:………………………………… signature:………………………………………

4 caravan denial discus coffin culvert

cadaver dental dismiss coffer cumber
cabbing desert discuss cornet cunning
cabinet derision dispel common cupping
Date:………………………………… signature:………………………………………

For the teacher: Let the students try to read the words.
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Read the words of your own:
5 cavalry dervish dispirit cottar custard
cannon desist dissent complex cutlet
cataract destiny distant concord cutter
catcher destroy distend confident duffer
Date:………………………………… signature:………………………………………

6 candid federal distil conflict duster

canister fencing distinct constant funnel
canker fender district contact furlong
cannery fervent dividend context
Date:………………………………… signature:………………………………………

7 damsel festival differ contest furnish

dancing hellish divinity continent funeral
dapper hermit division contract function
dagger herself figment gullet
Date:………………………………… signature:………………………………………

8 battery jester finger contrast gumption

casket kennel gibber convent gunner
fabian lessen gimlet convex gutter
faction letter hinder compact hundred
Date:………………………………… signature:………………………………………

For the teacher: Let the students try to read the words.
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Read the words of your own:
9 fantastic lexicon kidnap company hungry
fashion medalist kinship complex hunter
fatality medical kitchen concave husband
fatten medicine liberal concept humbug
Date:………………………………… signature:………………………………………

10 gaffer member limpet concert jumper

gallant mental limpid corner junket
gander mending linger cornet justice
hamlet mercer linnet corset lumber
Date:………………………………… signature:………………………………………

11 hamper merry lintel cortex murder

hammer neglect litter cosset murmur
hamlet netting linker cotter musket
hamper pedant linnet cortex muster
Date:………………………………… signature:………………………………………

12 hammer merry lintel cosset murder

handbill neglect litter cotter murmur
handicap netting linker dollar musket
hanger pedant missing dolmen muster
Date:………………………………… signature:………………………………………

For the teacher: Let the students try to read the words.
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Read the words of your own:
13 hanker pedestal minister forbid mutter
hapless pellet mission forever nugget
happen pelvis miller formal number
happiness pencil millet format nunnery
Date:………………………………… signature:………………………………………

14 jasmine pending midden former nutmeg

fabric pepper midland fossil tumbler
jaggery peptic misfit honest turning
lantern perfect nimbus horizon turnip
Date:………………………………… signature:………………………………………

15 hasten perfidy nipper hospital public

hatred perhaps pigment hostel publican
magnet permit picnic jobber publish
magnetic section risky longing puffin
Date:………………………………… signature:………………………………………

16 majestic perplex ringlet lorry pulpit

magazine persist rivalry modern pumpkin
mallet pervert silver modest puppet
mammal petition simian modesty purser
Date:………………………………… signature:………………………………………

For the teacher: Let the students try to read the words.
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Read the words of your own:
17 manikin relent signal monition rubber
manner reckless similar novelty rudder
maximum rectify sinister organs russet
matter rector sister politic subject
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18 lateral render signet robber subsist

lattice rendition tilting robbery subvert
lavender rental tiller rotten success
panther relevant timber royalty sudden
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19 paragon resist tinder solemn suckling

parallel restive tinsel solvent suffer
passive restrict tippet solicit suffix
rabbit revert tiptop solitary summer
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20 sacred segment visitant solstice summit

sandal select titter sordid supper
sanitary selection victim soften sumpter
sapling sediment viscid torpid sunset
Date:………………………………… signature:………………………………………

For the teacher: Let the students try to read the words.
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Read the words of your own:
21 satanic selfish willing torpor suppress
satisfy seller winner torrid surtax
pattern seminary winning totter suspect
tamarind sentence winter toilet suspend

Date:………………………………… signature:………………………………………

22 tamper sentinel witness tolerant suspicion

tandem septic tomcat suspense
tanker serpent tonsil success
tanner servant vomitive vulcan

Date:………………………………… signature:………………………………………

23 tavern service wedding wettish tennis

vacancy several welder yelling tenses

vaccine telling welfare yester tension

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24 temper welkin testify terminal

tempest western tenant
testify testify webbing

Date:………………………………… signature:………………………………………

For the teacher: Let the students try to read the words.
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Sound modifications in vowel sounds due to
the presence of “e” at the end:

a) In “a” , the sound /æ/ will change into /ei/

babe fame rate cake

bale game safe take

cane hale sane make

cape lane save fake

hate mane tale lake

face nape tape bake

fade pale wave wake

b) In “i” , the sound /I/ will change into /ai/

ice dine hive tide

bite dive lie tie

cite file life tile

dice fine like time

die hide line vice

dike hike live wipe

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c) In “o” , the sound / :/ will change into /ə /

bole core joke pole

bone dose line pose
bore hoe mole rope
code hole more sole
coke home node woe
cone hope nose tone
cope hose note vote

d) In “u” , the sound / / will change into /ju:/

cue due mute sure

cube fume pure tube
cure fuse rue
cute muse sue

e) If the letters “l, r, s” come after “a”, the sound

/æ/ will change into / :/
ball salt jar part
call talk bark park
tall car hard ward
wall bar garlic task
fall war march was
hall tar mark cast
half far parcel pass
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Let us learn some new sounds:
EE - D
bee deed keel
been deem keen
beef deep keep
beet deem keeper
beech deepen keeping

lee teen nee

leech teeth need
fleet teem needy
sleep steel knee

peep fee heel

peel feel heed
peek feed meet
speech feet meek

reed free green

reel tree three
reef

see seep seedling

seed seem seeming
seek seen seeing

wee week sweet

weed weep sweep
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Read the words below:
bee heel peep
fee feel deep
see keel keep
thee reel jeep

deed weed
feed need
seed reed

meet been seek

feet keen week
sheet teen meek

tree seep deem

free weep seem

Some exceptions:
If a word ends with “r”,
the prior vowel sound /i:/ will change into /I / .

beer leer
deer peer
jeer seer
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Let us learn some new sounds:
EA – D
each beat beach
eager bead beast
easy beak beaker
east beam beaver
eat bean

leaf pea tea

leap peal teak
lean peak teach
leak peach teacher
lead peahen team
least peacock steal

read meal sea

reap meat seal
reach mean seat
reader meaning seam

feat heap wean

feast heat weal
heal weak
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Read the words below:
pea bead beak
tea lead peak
sea read teak

beat each heal

heat peach peal
meat beach peal
feat teach seal
neat leach zeal
peat reach meal

peat heap bean

beat leap dean
teat reap mean
cheat cheap lean

Some exceptions:
If a word ends with “r”,
the prior vowel sound /i:/ will change into /I /

fear bear
hear dear
rear tear
near year

dead head search

deaf health feather
death heaven meadow
earth heavy leather
feather jealous ready
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Let us learn some new sounds:
OO - F
boom hood food
boon hoof fool
boot hook foolish
booth hoot footing

mood rood room loom

moon roof root loop
moot rook roost loot

soon cool toot woo

soot coop tooth woof

noon hood Room

moon mood Boom
boon wood Loom
soon food Doom

foot soot Hoot

root boot Loot

Some exceptions:
took book wool poor
cook foot wood door
look good stood
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Let us learn some new sounds:
OU - J[
about bounce out
aloud bound

couch count mount

council counter mouse
counsel mouth

foul loud pouch

found louse pounce
fountain lout pound

round hound sound

rouse house south

found round hound

sound bound pound

Some exceptions:
coupon youth rough mourn
soup country touch pour
tour cousin young soul
courier double boulder sour
wound nourish court
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Let us learn some new sounds:
OA - K
board load coach

boast loaf coat

boat loan coal

boar loath coax

foal moan hoard toad

foam
moat hoax toast

goal soap road roach

goad soak roam roar

goat soar roan roast

loan coal
moan foal
roan goal

boar boat
hoar coat
soar goat
roar moat

Note: No exceptions here.

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Let us learn some new sounds:
AI - Gn
aid daily pail
ail dainty paid
aim dairy pain
ailment daisy paint

bail gain lain

bait gait laid

fail maid wail

faith mail wait
fain main waist
faint maintain waiter

rail raid rainy

rain railing raisin

ail jail hail tail

bail pail fail sail
wail rail nail mail

wait paid main

bait raid vain
gait laid pain
maid rain
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Some exceptions:
If a word ends with “r”,
the prior vowel sound /ai/ will change into /I /

air pair
fair chair
hair hair
lair fairy

Let us learn some new sounds:

AU - B

auction augment authentic

audit aunt author

audition aural autumn

cauldron paucity daughter

cause
pauper daunt
caution
pause

fault gaudy haul

fauna
gaunt haunt

jaundice launch naughty

jaunty laundry nautical

Note: No exceptions here.

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If a word ends with “e”, the letter “g” will sound as “j”.

age baggage cabbage

arrange bandage cage
average blockage challenge
avenge bridge change
badge bulge charge

coinage edge enrage

college elegy estrange
damage emerge exchange
discharge engage forge
dodge enlarge fringe

garage huge lodge

garbage infringe luggage
gorge judge lunge
hedge large manage
heritage ledge marriage

page revenge sledge

passage ridge sponge
pledge sage stage
porridge salvage storage
rage salvage strange
range shortage strategy

Note for the teacher: Explain the students that the last letter “e” will
not be pronounced in such words.
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Read the following words of your own:

accomplishment clarification
administration classification
adulteration combination
amplification complimentary
anniversary concentration
anticipation confederation
appointment constellation
astonishment conversation

difference organization
discrimination performance
establishment presentation
extermination recrimination
fabrication representative
fermentation responsibility
investigation signification
mathematics transformation
multiplication transcription