Spellingvowels1
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to work out how to spell it. Read the following words and listen to way you say the underlined vowels: relative cigarette information The chances are you didn't pronounce them very clearly and you might guess that any of the vowels would fit: a; e; i; o; or u. Here's a tip: if you're not sure about a vowel sound then try to think of another word which comes from the same root. You might be lucky and find one in which the vowel is stressed and this will help you. relative relation (the -a- is stressed) cigarette cigar (the -a- is stressed) information inform (the -or- is stressed) 1. Put the missing vowels in the following words. Then copy the whole word in the third column.
2. Now memorize the focus words and test yourself. Concentrate particularly on the underlined vowels.
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