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10. Letter Patterns
Many of the words in the e-speec system follow patterns.
A child learning to spell with this
system just needs to learn a pattern and then the spelling of all words using that pattern becomes obvious.
Following are some of the patterns that we can find in the lists of e-speec words.
Notice that
in most cases the corresponding list of words spelt in the traditional way would not fit into any regular pattern.
Single long vowel:
Consonant and long vowel:
| bi (by, buy, bye) | fo (foe) | bu (boo)
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| di (die) | go | du (do)
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| hi (high) | lo (low) | gu (goo)
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| mi (my) | no | hu (who)
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| si (sigh) | ro (row, roe) | ju (jew)
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| ti (tie) | so (so, sow, sew) | lu (lieu, loo)
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| wi (why) | to (tow, toe) | yu (you, yew)
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Consonant and 'ee':
| bee (be, bee) | cee (key, quay)
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| fee | lee (lee, lea)
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| mee (me) | see (see, sea)
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| tee (tee, tea) | wee (wee, we)
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Consonant - short vowel - consonant:
| bat | bac (back)
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| bet | hed (head)
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| bit | hil (hill)
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| bog | cof (cough)
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| bug | cum (come)
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Consonant - long vowel - consonant - 'e':
| mate | wate (weight, wait)
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| mite | nite (night, knight)
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| mote | bote (boat)
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| rude | lute (lute, loot)
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Consonant - 'ee' - consonant:
| been (been, bean) | feel
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| heet (heat) | seed (seed, cede)
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Consonant - 'ay':
| day | way (way, weigh, whey)
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Ending of: short vowel - double consonant - 'y':
| ditty | sitty (city)
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| pritty (pretty) | taccy (tacky)
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| jazzy
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Ending of: long vowel - single consonant - 'y':
| bony | holy (holy, wholly)
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| mity (mighty) | weedy
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| seedy
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Ending of: short vowel (or 'ee') - consonant(s) - 'l':
| dabl (dabble) | litl (little)
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| fondl (fondle) | feebl (feeble)
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Ending of: long vowel (not 'ee') - consonant(s) - 'el':
| bibel (bible) | libel
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| titel (title)
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Sequence of: short stressed vowel - doubled consonant - unstressed vowel:
| hatter | hammer
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| craccer (cracker) | vannish (vanish)
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| dammij (damage) | nollij (knowledge)
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| pezzent (peasant)
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Sequence of: long vowel - single consonant - unstressed vowel:
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