Fun with Words and Sounds

Handout for Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2009.   We practiced these in class. Any questions, please ask!

Some words that have the same letter combinations, sound different:
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	But!	And!
now, how, cow	low, row, tow, know, snow
pull, bull, full	dull, sea gull
soon, tool, cool	wool, foot, cook, hook
mind, behind, blind	wind
tower, flower, power	lower, lawn mower, rower
count, mountain	country
monk, monkey	honk (a verb), donkey
our, hour, sour, flour	pour, four	tour
eye	they	key
does	goes	shoes
one, done	gone	bone

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Adding one letter can change a word’s sound:	The same sound can be spelled in different ways:
how show now know own down to toe ear wear, tear (the verb) ear tear (the noun) ear earn here where	to, too, two, glue, new snow, owe, oh, dough pull, wool where, wear, hair, share, they’re, their drunk, monk, hunt, front oar, more, pour beer, near, here nurse, worse, first eye, die, high, cry money, funny, done, fun

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