Phonology
UNIT 4
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1 Say each word. Listen for the vowel phoneme in each word. Circle each word with a long /e/ phoneme. Draw a line under each word with a short /e/ phoneme.
sheep
nest
pen
Write these words in alphabetical order, then write a definition for each of them. You may use a dictionary to help you.
plateau
Word
oats
aloe
moat
bureau
Definition
bee
2 Look for some short /e/ vowel phonemes and long /e/ vowel phonemes in a book you are reading. Read the words out loud to help you. Write two words from your book in each box below. Short /e/ phoneme
Long /e/ phoneme
Remember that a suffix is a letter or group of letters that go at the end of a word to make a new word. The suffixes -s and -es can tell us something is happening now. 1
From Sand to Sea
Use the rules and base words to complete these sentences using words with the suffixes -s and -es. Then make up your own sentence using the same rule.
If the base word ends with a consonant graph, blend or digraph, but not s, x, z, ch or sh, add the suffix -s. drip | drips rest | rests laugh | laughs
by Cameron Macintosh
A green turtle spends most of its life in the sea, but it starts its life on land. drip
3 Read the above sentence out loud.
Water ______________________________________________ from the tap.
hop
Circle each word with a long /e/ vowel phoneme. 12
Morphology
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UNIT 5 X Say each word. Can you hear the short /o/ phoneme as in ‘box’ or the long /o/
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phoneme as in ‘know’? Write the words in the boxes below. shopping object
throat throwing
problem possible
hero know
wrong
If the base word ends with s, x, z, ch or sh, or a consonant trigraph such as tch, add the suffix ‑es. pass | passes wash | washes fetch | fetches
over
fetch
The dog ________________________________________________ the ball.
oats stretch
Short /o/ phoneme as in ‘rock’
Long /o/ phoneme as in ‘moat’
If the base word ends in a consonant and y, change the y to i and then add the suffix ‑es. try | tries fly | flies marry | marries
try
The cat ________________________________________ to catch the mouse.
carry 2
Look in a book you are reading in class. Find words with the short /o/ phoneme and the long /o/ phoneme. Write some words in each box.
Short /o/ phoneme
If the base word ends in e, just add the suffix ‑s. whistle | whistles create | creates bore | bores
Long /o/ phoneme
whistle
The breeze _____________________________________ through the trees.
race
Now try this unit’s ‘Bringing it together’ activity, which your teacher will give you. OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
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