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Level5-Unit 4&5
🎧 units 4,5 sounds level 5
The Three Sounds of "EA"
The letter team ea can make three completely different sounds depending on the word!
Sounds like the "ee" in meet:
Sounds like the "eh" in head:
Sounds like the "air" in hair:
Spelling & Pronunciation Shifts
Notice how the vowel sounds change between singular, plural, and word types:
Child has a long "I" sound (/aɪ/), but Children changes to a short "I" sound (/ɪ/)!
Life (singular) and Lives (plural noun) both keep the long "I" sound (/aɪ/).
I live (/lɪv/ - short I) in London, but we are watching a live (/laɪv/ - long I) show! Also: alive (/laɪv/ - long I).
Prefix Power: "UNI-" (One / Single)
The prefix uni- comes from Latin and means one or single. Look at these words:
One style of clothing for school or work.
A single thing or a single lesson.
Joined together as one group.
An act of joining two or more things into one.
Universal: Existing everywhere as one. University: A place of higher learning.
Spelling Links & Long "A"
The silent 'E' at the end makes the 'A' say its own name:
The 'C' makes an 'S' sound when next to 'E':
These short words end with a clear long "E" sound:
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🎧 level 5 unit 4,5&6
| Unit 4, 5 & 6 Vocabulary | ||
|---|---|---|
| U 4 | U 5 | U 6 |
| Hair | Acorn | Panda |
| Share | Elevator | Banana |
| Fair | Baby | Gorilla |
| Hardware | Lady | Lemon |
| Chair | He | Honey |
| Square | She | Monkey |
| Despair | Me | Pencil |
| Wear | Awake | |
| Bear | Wild | Surprise |
| Spear | Child | Umbrella |
| Swear | Blinds | Chicken |
| Fear | Find | Local |
| Clear | Poland | Away |
| Ear | Hotel | Son |
| Deer | Romantic | Metal |
| Cheer | Sofa | |
| Dead | Unicorn | |
| Bread | Music | |
| Head | Uniform | |
| Stead | Numeric | |
| Thread | University | |