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The Alphabet and 26 Characters Sounds.
The perfect starting point for correct pronunciation is the 26 character sounds of our alphabet.
The second stage is the sounds of the upper case alphabet.
Understanding the difference between vowels and consonants.
The Initial Consonants Blends.
Remember that there are 21 consonants.
Blends are a combination of 2 characters.
Initial blends are at the start of a word.
You combine the 2 different sounds into one continuous sound.
Final Consonant Blends.
Remember that there are 21 consonants.
Blends are a combination of 2 characters.
Final blends are at the end of a word.
You combine the 2 different sounds into one continuous sound.
Final Double Consonants.
Remember that there are 21 consonants.
Final doubles are 2 consonants that are the same.
Generally sound just one consonant.
Simple 2 and 3 Letter Words.
Practice simple 2 and 3 letter words.
Combine the 2 or 3 character sounds.
Roll the sounds together.
New Sounds when Combined.
Combine the 2 characters together.
They now make a new sound.
Learn the new sound.
'R' Controlled Vowels.
If the letter 'R' follows a vowel it changes the sound of the vowel.
It produces a new vowel sound.
Think of sounds, ar, er and or.
Three Letter Blends.
They include 3 characters.
They are all consonants.
They are all together.
Change in Vowel Sound.
2 vowels together.
They are in a single syllable.
The sound begins as one vowel and moves towards another.
Long Vowel Sound.
The lower case sound changes to the Alphabet Sound.
The magic 'E' changes the earlier vowel.
There are 5 long vowel sounds.
Short Vowel, Normally Long.
A normal long vowel sound.
Changes to a short vowel sound.
As in 'ea' which can be a long e or a short e sound.
Special Unique Sounds.
'c' changing to 's'
'g' changing to 'j'
'ph' changing to 'f'
Silent Letters.
Silent letters 'wr' 'kn' 'ps at the start of a word.
Silent letters 'mb' in the middle of a word.
Silent letters 'mn' 'mb' at the end of a word.
Top Sixteen High Frequency Words
The first 16 mostly used words in reading books.
Learn these and you have learned 53% of all written words in reading books.
Based upon scientific research from Warwick University England.
Top Eighty Four High Frequency Words.
The last 84 mostly used words in reading books.
Learn these and you have learned 53% of all written words in reading books.
Based upon scientific research from Warwick University England.
Introduction to Nouns.
Common nouns and proper nouns
Singular nouns and plural nouns
A person, place, thing, object or idea
Introduction to Pronouns.
Subject Pronouns
Object Pronouns
Possessive Pronouns
Introduction to Adjectives.
How they describe the noun
Colour, shape, size, quantity, quality
Absolute, comparative and superlative adjectives
Introduction to Verbs.
Action or doing words
Physical, mental and state of being actions
Regular and irregular verbs
Introduction to Adverbs.
Modifies a verb, adjective or other adverb
Used to show manner, degrees, place or time
Regular adverbs have -ly added to the adjective
Introduction to Conjunctions.
They connect words, phrases and sentences together
Use the acronym FANBOYS
Helps the flow of the information
Introduction to Articles.
To understand what is general and specific.
When to use a or an.
When to use the.
Introduction to Prepositions.
Shows the position of a noun in relation to another noun.
They also tell us when things happen.
They can also show us possession.
Introduction to Demonstratives.
The use of this, that, these and those.
It depends where they are positioned in relation to speaker.
It depends whether there is one or more than one.
What is a Verb?
An action or a doing word.
A physical action, mental action or a state of being
Regular or irregular
Regular Verbs.
Regular Verbs follow a simple rule in the simple past tense
If they don't end in 'e' add 'ed' to the root word
If they end in 'e' just add 'd' to the root word
Irregular Verbs.
Does not follow the suffix addition as with regular verbs
Needs to be learned and remembered
Some are the same as the verb in the present tense (cost, hit, cut, bet etc)
The Verb 'to be'
This action verb is about being or your existence
Consider 1st, 2nd and 3rd persons
Whether it is singular or plural
The Verb and its Subjects.
Active voice or passive voice
The general order: S + V + O
Is the action being done by or received by
The Present Simple Verb Tense.
The Present Continuous Verb Tense.
The Present Perfect Verb Tense.
The Present Perfect Continuous Verb Tense.
The Past Simple Verb Tense.
The Past Continuous Verb Tense.
The Past Perfect Verb Tense.
The Past Perfect Continuous Verb Tense.
The Future Simple Verb Tense.
The Future Continuous Verb Tense.
The Future Perfect Verb Tense.
The Future Perfect Continuous Verb Tense.
Introduction to Capital Letters.
Introduction to Punctuation Marks.
Introduction to Only One Subject.
Verb or Verbal Phrase?
Subject, Verbs, Object Order
Sentence: Independent Clause.
A Simple Sentence.
A Compound Sentence.
Complex & Compound Complex Sentences.
The different types and uses of nouns in the English language.
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