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Unit 1: The basic 'Building Bricks' of the English language
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Unit 1: The basic 'Building Bricks' of the English language

Unit StartPage 1: An introduction to vowels and consonantsCourse Test: An introduction to vowels and consonantsPage 3: An introduction to vowels and consonantsCourse Test: Y: When is it a vowel? When is it a consonant?Page 5: Y: When is it a vowel? When is it a consonant?Page 6: Ways of spelling consonant and vowel soundsCourse Test: Long and short vowel soundsPage 8: Long and short vowel soundsCourse Test: An introduction to syllablesPage 10: An introduction to syllablesCourse Test: Introduction to prefixes and suffixesPage 12: Introduction to prefixes and suffixesCourse Test: SuffixesPage 14: SuffixesCourse Test: Spelling terms testPage 16: Spelling terms testUnit End

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An introduction to vowels and consonants

The English alphabet is made up of 26 letters. These letters can be separated into two groups of sounds called vowels and consonants.

Vowels:

a e i o u

 

All the other letters are consonants:

b c d f g h j k l m n p q r s t v w x y z

How many vowels and consonants can you spot in the following words?

Type your answer as a number.

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of vowels:

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of consonants:
cat cat
rabbit rabbit
tiger tiger
elephant elephant
lion lion
frog frog
rhinoceros rhinoceros

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