COMMON VOWEL SOUNDS AND DIPHTHONGS (two vowels together)

Practise the words below. Each highlighted word introduces a new sound. Read them aloud every day. Practise makes perfect!!!

AIR

where

pair

pear

bare

bear

dare

there

therefore

EAR

hear

dear

near

beard

rear

gear

peer

beer

here

BIRD

word

occur

her

were

work

HIS

din

sin

dinner

insulator

simultaneous

similar

simile (As colourful as the rainbow OR as red as a rose)

HOW

bow (bow for respect to the Emperor)

bough (of a tree)

cow

sow

loud

round

sound

bound

hound

ON

hot

moth

doth
wrath

cough

OR

ward

walk

sword

lord

saw

NO

dough

oath

both

own

know

sew

bow (bow-tie or bow & arrow)

ONE

love

come

some

done

run

won

mon(ey)

sum

son

other

sunday

in other words

brother

mother

suffer

FATHER

laughter

laugh

laughed

raft

NAME

same

strain

train

aim

AIMS!

MY

die

lie

dry

tie

mine