Counting Sounds in a Word

What is a phoneme?

• One of the 8 parts of speech

• the individual units of sound that make up a word

• a phone

• a word that makes you a better speller

How many phonemes in the word "phoneme"?

How many phonemes in the English language

• 26

• 40

• 44

• no one really knows

True or False? The longer the word, the more phonemes.

Give an example of a word which has three phonemes but more than three letters.

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How many phonemes in the word "box"?

Explain what a phoneme is in your own words.

How does a knowledge of phonemes help you to be a better speller?

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Use a hyphen (dash) to split the word "eightieth" into its phonemes.

Which word has the most phonemes - caught or can't?