The 2- vowel rule
When there are 2 vowel letters in a syllable:
1. the 1st vowel says its alphabet name.
2. the 2nd vowel is silent (quiet).
/Ay/ “A”
/iy/ “E”
/ai/ “I”
/ow/ “O”
/uw/ “U”
paid
reach
Fries
boat
blue
train
need
Cries
soak
fruit
plain
ea/sy
tried
throat
true
explain
free/zer
pies
coach
cue
remain
rea/son
applied
toe
barbecue
complain
read/ing
replied
loan
suitcase
vowel + silent ‘e’ at the end
/ay/
/iy/  ”ee”
/ai/
/Ow/
/Uw/
plane
these
price
note
cute
change
com-plete
retire
those
reduce
arrange
ex-treme
arrive
clothes
excuse
erase
Chinese
advice
telephone
refuse
HW: write 5 sentences with at least 3 words in each sentence. Try to write more words
in 1 sentence. Underline the words.