Part II. “E” and “I” with consonants
Date: 2015-10-07; view: 443.
The Letters “E”, “I/Y”. Spelling: “EI' or “IE”?
Part I: “E, I/Y” + other vowels + R
| # | Letter Combinations | Sound(s) | Examples | Important Exceptions |
| -EA- + d + sure +th -EAR - | [i:] [e] [iə] [ɛə] [ə:] | sea [ ] spread [ ] measure [ ] leather [ ] feather [ ] near(ly) [ ] bear [ ] pearl [ ] | deaf(en) [def(n)], weapon [wepn] heavy ['hevi] heart [hɑ:t] | |
| -EE- -EER- | [i:] [iə] | seem [ ] employee [ ] deer [ ] | _____ | |
| -EI/EY- | [i:] [ei] [ai] | ceiling [ ] reign [ ], obey [ ] (n)either [ ] | leisure ['leʒə], weird [wiəd] | |
| -EU/EW- -EUR- | [ju:] [juə] | neutral [ ], stew [ ] Europe [ ] | jewellery ['dʒu:əlri], sew(n) [sou(n)] |
| # | Letter Combinations | Sound(s) | Examples | Important Exceptions |
| -eigh | [ei] [ai] | neighbour [ ] height [ ] | _____ | |
| -igh | [ai] | high(er)[ ] | -------- | |
| -i +dl +fl +ld +nd +mb +tl | [ai] | idle [ ] trifle [ ] mild [ ] blind [ ] climb [ klaim] title [ ] | triple [tripl] | |
| “i” in foreign words | [i:] | automobile [ ] cuisine [ ] magazine [ ] police [ ] | _____ |
Part III. Spell by rule!When the sound is [i:],always write “I” before “E” except after “C”
or when sounded as “A” like in “neighbour”, “reign”, “sleigh” or “weigh”.
| # | IE | # | C+EI | # | Exceptions |
| achieve | ceiling | seize | |||
| believe/belief | conceive | financier | |||
| brief | deceive | ||||
| chief | perceive | ||||
| field | receipt | ||||
| grief | receive | ||||
| handkerchief | |||||
| niece | |||||
| piece | |||||
| priest | |||||
| relieve/relief | |||||
| shield | |||||
| siege | |||||
| thief | |||||
| yield |
3 The Letter “O”
Part I: “O” + other vowels + R
| # | Letter Combinations | Sound(s) | Examples | Important Exceptions |
| -OA- -OAR- | [ou] [ɔ:] [ɔ:] | soap [ ], roast [ ] broad [ ] board [ ] | _____ | |
| -OI/OY- | [ɔi] | noise [ ], oyster [ ] | --------- | |
| -OO- +k + other letters -OOR- | [u] [u:] [ɔ:] | look [ ] wood [ ], wool [ ] door [ ], floor [ ] | good [gud], room [rum], stood [stud] blood [blʌd], flood [flʌd] poor [puə] | |
| -OU- -OUR- | [au] [ou] [u:] [ʌ] [auə] | South [ ] , county [ ] poultry [ ] , soul [ ] group [ ] , route [ ] cousin [ ] , country [ ] sour [ ] | Southern ['sʌðən] Çàïîìíèòå ðàçíèöó: wound [waund] (past of “to wind”) – çàâ¸ë (íàïð. ÷àñû); a/to wound [wu:nd] – ðàíà, ðàíèòü |
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