Most good spellers know these common spellings and can see the letter patterns in them. But gargle, sparkle, startle, turtle, purple (r-influenced long sound). Note that no letters are doubled if there are two different consonants before -le: single, angle, ankle, sprinkle, stumble, bundle, bangle = short sounds. Short vowel sounds in middle, little, settle, shuffle, apple, giggle, puzzle so we double up the consonant before the -le and have the patterns: - ddle, -ttle, -ffle, -pple, -ggle, -zzle Table, title, idle, noble, bugle are long vowel sounds and say their alphabet name: -a- “ay”, -e- “ee”, -i- “eye”, -o- “oh”, -u- “you”Īll these long vowel sounds have one consonant + le, as in the patterns: - tle, -ble, ple, fleĪlso, we have double consonants + le: long in beetle, steeple, needle. All have single vowels but one is a long vowel sound and the other short.Ĭan you hear the long vowel sound in table, title, idle, noble, bugle, beetle? Say these words and notice the different sounds (on video above): table / apple title / little idle / middle. S ettle has a short vowel sound so double up the -t- so ends in -ttle.īut title and little both have a single i but title has a long vowel sound, and little has a short vowel sound. ![]() Let's look at beetle and settle, then title and little.ī eetle has two vowels and is a long vowel sound so ends in - tle. We double up the letters after a short vowel sound: little, middle, settle, shuffle, apple, wobble, dazzle
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