ar: Says /ar/: car, star, farm
or: Says /or/: corn, horse, storm
er: Says /er/: her, fern, teacher
ir: Says /er/: bird, girl, shirt
ur: Says /er/: turn, burn, purple
ore: Says /or/: more, store, shore
are: Says /air/: care, share, scare
ear (air): Says /air/: bear, wear, pear
ear (eer): Says /eer/: ear, hear, near
ear (er): Says /er/: earth, learn, early
air: Says /air/: chair, hair, fair
eer: Says /eer/: deer, cheer, steer
ier: Says /eer/: pier, tier
oar: Says /or/: roar, soar, board
our: Says /or/ or /ow-er/: four, hour, sour
war: Says /wor/: warm, wart, warn
wor: Says /wer/: word, work, world
Silent e (magic e): A silent e at the end makes the vowel say its name: cap becomes cape
Closed syllable: Ends in a consonant and has a short vowel: cat, sun, dig
Open syllable: Ends in a vowel and has a long vowel: go, me, hi
Vowel-consonant-e syllable: Long vowel with silent e: cake, hope, time
Vowel team syllable: Two vowels make one sound: rain, boat, tree
R-controlled syllable: A vowel plus r changes the sound: car, her, corn
Consonant-le syllable: A last syllable like ble, dle, tle: table, candle, little
Floss rule: After a short vowel, double f, l, s or z at the end: puff, bell, miss, buzz
Soft c and g rule: c and g are soft before e, i or y: cent, city, gem, gym
q needs u: The letter q is nearly always followed by u: queen, quit
No English word ends in v: Add a silent e after v: have, give, love
FLOSS exceptions: Some short words break the floss rule: bus, gas, yes, if

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