groups
nounMore than one collection of people or things that belong together.
nounMore than one band of people who perform music together.
nounMore than one set of teams playing each other in the same division of a competition.
nounMore than one large business organization.
verbTo put together to form collections.
verbTo come together to form collections.
Syllables
1 syllable
Letters
Phonics breakdown
Phonics Rule: GR Blend
G and R blend together — you hear both sounds! Like in 'green' and 'grow'.
The blend GR combines /ɡ/ and /r/ spoken quickly together.
Examples
Phonics Rule: OU says /uː/
OU can say the long /uː/ sound, like in 'soup', 'group', and 'you'.
OU is a flexible vowel team. Besides its common /aʊ/ sound (out, loud), it can say /uː/ as in soup, group, you, youth, and wound.
Tip
OU can say oo — soup, group, you!
Examples
Phonics Rule: Letter P
The letter P makes the /p/ sound, like in 'pan', 'pig', and 'pot'. Both lips press together then pop open.
P is a voiceless bilabial stop — both lips press together and release with a puff of air but no voice. It pairs with B (which is the voiced version of the same mouth position).
Tip
P pops open — press your lips and let it POP!
Examples
Phonics Rule: Plural -S (/s/ sound)
Adding -S makes a word plural (more than one). After unvoiced sounds, -S says /s/, like 'cats'.
The plural -s says /s/ after unvoiced consonants (p, t, k, f, th). Like -ed, the pronunciation depends on the final sound of the base word.
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