Dr. Judith M. Newman

Spelling Patterns in English

 

  Sound Patterns Structural Patterns  Meaning Patterns  
 
 
    Prefixes   Assessment  
    Multi-Syllabic Words   1-1-1 Rule   References  

LAX VOWELS

WORD LISTS

i pit, drink, swim, splint, grill, brick, twist, drift
   
e pet, spent, trend, swell, fresh, check, theft, crest
ea dead, pleasant, treasure
   
a pat, scant, strand, crash, flash, blast, draft
   
o pot, blond, slosh, crock, tromp, frost, cross
au author, fault, laundry
augh naught, caught, fraught
ough ought, bought, thought, fought
aw law, flaw, claw
   
u putt, chunk, flung, grunt, skull, thrush, pluck, plump
ou touch, double, country, enough
   
u put, pull, push, gush, rut, tusk, husk
oo hood, hoof, look, boook, stood, brook, shook, crook

ou

could, should, would

TENSE VOWELS

WORD LISTS

SINGLE VOWEL - stressed syllable, pronounced by name
i final, reliable
e decent, recent, secret
a maple, table, angel, sable, cradle
o open, over, vocal, society, global
u music, bucolic
   
VOWLE CLUSTERS - pronounced by name - vowel + e
i + e mile, smile, kite, bite, bike, strike, like, size, brine, prize
e + e even, theme, complete, decent, concrete, discrete
a + e stake, make, rake, cake, made, cape, tape, stage, plane
o + e stove, close, hose, code, bone, stone, phone, stroke
u + e tube, cube, rude, exude, conclude, flute, prune, crude
   
VOWEL CLUSTERS - pronounced by name
ia dial, diamond, trial, denial
ie tie, die, height, pie, replies
igh sigh, sight, flight, high, bright
-y cry, fly
   
ee seem, feel, steel, bee, even, agreed, queen, beetle
ea team, neat, seal, deal, cream, treason, seam, near, reach
-ey money, donkey, honey, key, monkey
-y baby, happy, wonky, city
   
ai paid, raid, lair, air, stair, chair, wait, gait, hair, praise
ay pay, say, relay, decay, ashtray, tray
eigh eight, weight, freight, weigh, sleigh, neighbour
   
oa goat, moat, cloak, coat, oak, boat, goal, throat, approach
oe toe, doe, foe, goes, hoe
ow mow, glow, throw, snow, grow, know, window, shallow
ew sew
ou soul
   
ue cue, statue, continue, tissue, argue
eu feud
ew ewe, few
ui nuisance
   
VOWEL CLUSTERS - not pronounced by name
ie grief, belief, chief, relief
   
ea cleanse, dread, threat, dreamt, bread, spread, thread
   
ou out, shout, about, pound, loud, trout, council
ow now, plow, crowd, growl, chowder, powder, shower
   
oo tool, school, cool, roost, school, tooth, bloom, proof
ew jewel, chew, new, pweter, dew
ui fruit, suit, juice, cruise
ue true, blue, duel, clue, cruel
ou soup, croup, group, youth, wound
   
oi foil, toil, soil, recoil. joint, turmoil, poison, noise
oy toy, boy, joy , destroy, voyage, enjoy, corduroy