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Step-by-step practice: English · Level 1Chapter 3 · Letter sounds: e, u, r, h, b, f, l
Step-by-step English Level 1 · Letter sounds: e, u, r, h, b, f, l · Summary

Step-by-step English Level 1 Letter sounds: e, u, r, h, b, f, l: summary and key words

Part of the Step-by-step English Level 1 letter sounds: e, u, r, h, b, f, l chapter. Chapter overview · whole chapter on one page

Chapter summary

SkillMethod
Say the sound of e, u, r, h, b, f and lUse the example word for each letter
Find the picture whose name starts with a soundCompare only the first letters
Find the first letter of a written wordRead from the left and stop at the first letter
Tell b and f apartLips together for b; top teeth on lower lip for f

Can you…?

  • I can say the sounds for e, u, r, h, b, f and l
  • I can find the picture whose name starts with a sound
  • I can find the first letter of a written word
  • I can match a picture name to its first letter

Key terms

short vowel
a short sound such as /e/ in egg or /u/ in up
first letter
the letter at the start of a word, which gives the first sound
written word
a word on the page that we read

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