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Al- Bashair Private School Grade 2

When a word has one vowel, usually we hear a short sound as in these words:

cat man van

bat sad bag

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When a word has two vowels, usually the first one says its name and the

second one is silent as in these words:

•pan + i = pain•sal + i = sail• ran + i = rain

ran i

rain

sal i

sail

pal i

pail

nal i

nail

tal i

tail

•pa + y = pay•da + y = day• tra + y = tray

When a word has two vowels ,usually the first one says its name and the second sound

vowel is silent as in these words:

tra y

tray

da y

day

pa y

pay

Which word is correct:

cake game

cake game

snake snail

snake snail

vase vas

vase vas

play pray

play pray