Sounds and Spelling: practical Pre-A1 English

Your goal for Sounds and Spelling

Sounds and Spelling: English text moves from left to right. Target: I can read short regular words aloud.

Try it first

Read map. Change one detail. Whisper or write it first.

Read from left to right, one sound at a time: Sounds and Spelling

Look at the first letter, say its sound, move to the vowel, then finish the word. Blend the sounds without adding extra vowels between them.

The vowel letters are a, e, i, o and u. In map, pen, sit, hot and sun, each vowel is short. English has more vowel sounds than vowel letters, so one letter can represent different sounds.

Many consonants are dependable at this stage. M starts map and man. P starts pen and pin. T ends sit and hot. Keep the final sound short rather than adding an extra “uh”.

Some common words break the neat pattern. Read said like SED and one like WUN. Honest reading practice marks these words instead of pretending every rule works.

Spelling will not always behave

Not: kuh-at for cat. Use: blend the sounds into cat.

Do not add a vowel after the final consonant. Say map, not map-uh.

Do not guess every word from one rule. Use the respelling clue when the page provides one.

Test six sound choices: Sounds and Spelling

Choose one answer. Read the reason after every mistake, then try the item again.

Say it in your own voice: Sounds and Spelling

Say three sentences. Record only if you want to. Check the form and meaning.

Remember it tomorrow: Sounds and Spelling

Cover map. Say it from memory with one true detail.

Keep one result: Sounds and Spelling

Keep one correct example and say it again tomorrow.