APPENDIX 4: SPELLING AND SPEAKING
CONSONANTS and VOWELS in speaking:
When you put one part of the mouth on or near another part of the mouth, you are making a consonant sound. When you do not do this, you are making a vowel sound.
CONSONANTS and VOWELS in spelling:
- the letters a e i o always show a vowel sound (or part of it).
- the letter u usually shows a vowel sound (or part of it) - under, sound - but, at the beginning of a word, it can sometimes show a consonant sound - use, university.
- the letters w and y show a consonant sound at the beginning of a word - with, young - but a vowel sound at the end - grow, happy.
- the other letters in the alphabets are always consonants.
STRESS:
In every word with more than one part, one part of the word usually sounds stronger than the other part. This strong part is called stress:
before, manage, enter, develop, prefer
