The same sound may be represented by many letters or combination of letters. All of the printable activities in this unit features words that have the long a vowel sound. For that reason they may also help you guess their meaning, if you have heard them but not read them before. Doc oconnor, who has died of pneumonia aged 78, was a phonetician whose lectures were witty and effortlessly informative, and whose writing was elegant and readable. This set of phonics worksheets teaches students about the short o sound. American english phonetic symbols consonants p pig. Written by bob wilson robert clifford mcnair wilson 2007 phonetics exercise a easy ones.
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