Q:
Vowels and vowel combinations can have different sounds depending on the word. Room and wood both have a double o but sound different. Read and read sound different depending on the verb tense. Who cares, right? Consider this. Take the word friend. The ie has a short e sound. Drop the r, and you have fiend with a long e sound. Drop the i and you have fend, back to a short e sound.
Think of a word with a vowel combination. Drop a letter to get a word with a different vowel sound. Drop another letter to get a word with the first vowel sound. Finally, drop one more letter to get a word with the second vowel sound. The vowel sound pattern should be ABAB. What words are these?
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