Same Sounds

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What is a vowel sound?

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A vowel sound is a sound made when the airflow is not blocked by the mouth, and it includes the letters A, E, I, O, U.

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What is a short vowel sound?

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A short vowel sound is a quick sound made by a vowel, like the 'a' in 'cat' or the 'u' in 'cup'.

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Which words have the same vowel sound?

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Words that have the same vowel sound share the same sound for the vowel letters, like 'curl' and 'twirl'.

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What is a long vowel sound?

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A long vowel sound is when the vowel says its name, like the 'a' in 'cake' or the 'e' in 'see'.

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What is an example of a word with a short 'u' sound?

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The word 'dug' has a short 'u' sound.

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What is an example of a word with a short 'a' sound?

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The word 'cat' has a short 'a' sound.

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What does it mean to find a word with the same sound?

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It means to look for a word that sounds the same for a specific letter or letters.

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What is the vowel sound in the word 'kind'?

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The vowel sound in 'kind' is the long 'i' sound.

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What is an example of a word that rhymes with 'pan'?

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The word 'man' rhymes with 'pan'.

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What is a homophone?

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A homophone is a word that sounds the same as another word but has a different meaning, like 'pair' and 'pear'.