fluent
adjAble to speak, read, or write a language smoothly and easily without stopping to think.
adjFlowing smoothly like liquid.
Phonics breakdown
Phonics Rule: FL Blend
F and L blend together — you hear both sounds! Like in 'flag' and 'fly'.
The blend FL combines /f/ and /l/ spoken quickly together.
Examples
Phonics Rule: UE Vowel Team (/uː/)
UE at the end of a word usually says 'oo', like in 'blue' and 'true'.
After L, R, S, or J, UE makes the pure /uː/ sound — no Y-glide. Examples: blue, clue, true, glue. Companion rule vowel_team_ue_yoo handles the /juː/ variant after other consonants (rescue, cue, value).
Tip
UE after L, R, S, J — says oo!
Examples
Phonics Rule: NT End Blend
NT at the end of a syllable blends /n/ and /t/ together, like in 'tent', 'mint', and 'want'.
NT is a very common end blend. The nasal /n/ flows into the stop /t/. In fast speech the /t/ is sometimes barely voiced, but both sounds are present.
Tip
NT tents up at the end — tent, mint, hunt!
Examples
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