Vowels and Consonants

1. Letters
Sounds

2. The Alphabet
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
A E I O U Y
There are 26 letters in the alphabet.
5 vowels
21 consonants
The letter y may be either a vowel or a consonant
depending upon its position in a word.

3. Vowels and Their Sounds
• SHORT vowel sounds
– ant egg income orange umbrella
• LONG vowel sounds
– acorn equal iron open uniform
Say these words out loud. Based on how we say
the alphabet – can you explain the difference
between short and long vowel sounds?

4. Words and Sounds
• Some words are spelt exactly as they sound.
– dog kid he
• Some words do not sound as they are spelt.
– was (woz) love (luv)