fast-phonics快速掌握自然拼讀

FastPhonicsWhenyouspeakorread,youusesounds.Whenyouread,thesoundsarerepresentedby26lettersofthealphabet.Associatingsoundswithlettersofthealphabetiscalledphonics.Eachofthe26alphabetlettersrepresentsoneormoresounds.Aletter'snamecanalsobeoneofitssounds.

Forexample,theletter

A

cansoundlike

aaa,

ah,or

ae.Eachofthe26alphabetlettershasacapitalandalowercaseform.Thetwoformsforeachofthe26lettersareshownbelow.

Whenlettersoundsareputtogether,theybecomewords.Forexample,puttingtogetherthesoundsoftheletters

C,

A,and

T,spellsthewordCAT.C

+

A

+

T

=

CATAlettercanbeindifferentpositionsinaword.

Clickonthethreewordsbelowthathavetheletter

Aindifferentpositions.Alettercanbeusedmorethanonceinthesameword.Ifthesameletterappearsmorethanonceinaworditssoundmightbethesameordifferenteachtimeitappearsinthatword.

Clickonthefollowingwordsthatallhaverepeatingletters:Therearetwotypesoflettersinthealphabet:

consonants

andvowels.Thebasicdifferenceishowthesoundisproducedthroughthemouth.Whensounding

consonants,airflowisinterruptedorlimitedbythepositionofthetongue,teethorlips.Themajorityoflettersinthealphabetareconsonantletters.Mostconsonantlettershaveonlyonesoundandrarelysoundliketheirname.

Whensounding

vowels,yourbreathflowsfreelythroughthemouth.Fiveofthe26alphabetlettersarevowels:

A,

E,

I,

O,and

U.Theletter

Yissometimesconsideredasixthvowelbecauseitcansoundlikeothervowels.Unlikeconsonants,eachofthevowellettershasmorethanonetypeofsoundorcanevenbesilentwithnosoundatall.Whenavowelsoundslikeitsname,thisiscalleda

long

sound.Avowellettercanalsohave

shortsounds.Whetheravowelhasalongsound,ashortsound,orremainssilent,dependsonitspositioninawordandthelettersaroundit.

Clickonthefollowingvowelletterstoheartheirlongandshortsounds.Theletter

Y

issometimesconsideredavowelbecauseitcansoundlikethevowelletters

A,

E,or

Idependingonthelettersarounditorwhethertheletter

Y

isatthemiddleorendofaword.

Whenthereisonlyonevowelinawordanditisanywhereexceptattheendofaword,itusuallyhasashortsound.Wherethereisonlyonevowelanditcomesattheendoftheword,itusuallyhasalongsound.Whentherearetwoormorevowelsandthewordendswiththevowel'E',twothingshappen.Theendingvowel'E'issilent,andthevowelthatcomesbeforeithasalongsound.Whentwovowellettersaretogether,thefirstvowelletterhasalongsoundandthesecondvowelletterissilent.Whenawordhasavowelfollowedbytwoofthesameconsonantsinarow(calledadoubleconsonant),ashortsoundisusedforthevowel.Whenawordhastwoofthesamevowelsinarow(calledadoublevowel),pronouncethemasonevowel,usingthelongsound.Thisruledoesnotapplywhen'O'isthedoublevowel.When'O'isadoublevowel,itmakesdifferentsounds.Certaincombinationsoftwoormoreconsonantlettersarecalledletterblends.Letterblendsappearinthebeginningorattheendofwordstocreatespecificsounds.Inletterblendsyoucanhearthesoundofeachletter.Ifthelettersmakeasinglesoundtheyarecalleddigraphs.Additionally,wehaveaddedothercommonlettercombinationsthatincludevowels.Certainwordsareusedagainandagain.Thesearecommonwordsthatmayormaynotfollowphonicsrules.Belowarefivesetsofcommonwordstopractice.a at am and any are againdo does doneis be beenof for thecan comehe she me I uswho you yourwas wereuse to two toohere there wherehave has hadcould would shouldenough though wholethey them th