Introduction to Suffixes English has two broad categories of suffixes: Inflectional suffixes are grammatically important, but do not change the part of speech (noun, verb, adjective, etc.) of the word, nor do they alter its meaning. Derivational suffixes are used to form a word in a ...

Introduction to American English Semi-vowels What makes a sound a semi-vowel? The w sound and y sound are the only two semi-vowels (also commonly called glides ) in English. These sounds can be created with slightly greater restriction in the vocal tract than vowels, ...

Vowels: oo sound /u/ Common oo sound spellings spelling example other pronunciations for spelling oo s oo n f oo d sch oo l Play Play Play other u (g oo d) u_e (VC e ) r ude intr ude sal ute Play Play Play long u &n ...

Vowels: short a sound /æ/Common short a spellings spelling example other pronunciations for spelling -a-(CVC) a sk b a th cl a ss Play Play Play none a spelling followed by the letter r When the consonant fo ...

Common long a spellings spelling example other pronunciations for spelling a_e (VC e ) s ame c ake s afe Play Play Play none ai r ai n p ai d f ai th Play Play Play none ay s ay pl ay w ay Play Play Play none eigh ...

Silent Letters High-frequency Words According to A Frequency Dictionary of Contemporary American English , these 23 words occur in the top 5000 most-frequent words in English. The silent consonant sound in each words is underlined . Note that many words in the English language can fill ...

http://www.pronuncian.com/Linking/ （网站有音频可供学习） At its simplest, linking is the merging of multiple words together until they sound as if they are only one word. Native speakers of English all do this naturally. Linking is an advanced topic for non-native speakers, but learning to ...

English Consonant Sounds （点击右边的Sound Lesson可到原网站听音频） Consonant Sound Chart Consonant sound IPA key word drills audio spelling pronunciation liquid sounds l sound /l/ l et Study Now Sound Lesson r sound /r/ r ed Study No ...

http://www.pronuncian.com/Sounds/English Vowel Sounds （点Sound lesson可到原网站听音频） Vowel Sound Chart Vowel IPA key word drills audio spelling pronunciation long vowels long a /eɪ/ c a ke Study Now Sound Lesson long e /i/ k ee p ...