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Grammar – Long vowel sounds (Split digraphs)




                                                                                                    Long e sound
                           Long a sound

                                                                                       The long e sound is formed when
             The long a sound is formed when                                           the letter ‘e’ sprinkles its magic

             the letter ‘e’ sprinkles its magic                                        on “e” and there is a consonant
             on “a” and there is a consonant                                           in between the two vowels.
             in between the two vowels.
                                                                                       For eg. Chinese, Japanese,
             For eg. cake, name, face, slate,                                          theme, concrete, eve, complete,
             shake, amaze, space, waste,                                               extreme
             trace
                                                                                                     Long o sound
                            Long i sound

              The long i sound is formed when                                           The long o sound is formed
              the letter ‘e’ sprinkles its magic                                       when the letter ‘e’ sprinkles its
              on “i” and there is a consonant in                                       magic on “o” and there is a
              between the two vowels.                                                  consonant in between the two
                                                                                       vowels.
              For eg. rice, spice, bike, lime,

              spine, twine, file, sublime, shine,                                      For eg. Score, bore, shore, core,
              line                                                                     ignore, store,



                           Long u sound

              The long u sound is formed when
              the letter ‘e’ sprinkles its magic
              on “u” and there is a consonant
              in between the two vowels.

              For eg. tube, muse, cute, mute,
              cube
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