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Ways to practice each vowel and consonant by seeing patterns and using them in everyday speech.

Two consonants (Blends like "br" and "tr") and two blended consonants (Digraphs like "th", "wh", "ch" and "sh").

The 18 consonants and why some are tricky to say, especially for non-native speakers - like "v" and "w".

What are diphthongs? Two vowel sounds put together to form one sound - like "oy" in the boy.

R-controlled vowels - when we put a vowel and R together - it changes it - like "bird" and "world".

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