moose
nounA very large wild animal from the deer family with huge flat antlers.
nounA surname.
Phonics breakdown
Phonics Rule: Letter M
The letter M makes the /m/ sound, like in 'map', 'mud', and 'mop'. Both lips press together with voice through the nose.
M is a voiced bilabial nasal — both lips press together while the voice hums through the nose. Double M (mm) makes the same /m/ sound.
Tip
M hums like mmm — press your lips and hum!
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Phonics Rule: OO (Long Sound)
OO often makes the long sound, like in 'moon' and 'food'.
The vowel team 'oo' has two sounds. The long sound /uː/ is more common and appears in words like 'moon', 'food', and 'school'.
Tip
OO like the moon — ooooo!
Examples
Phonics Rule: Letter S
The letter S usually makes the /s/ sound, like in 'sun', 'sit', and 'sock'. Air hisses through a small gap.
S is a voiceless alveolar fricative when it makes the /s/ sound. At the end of many words it can also make a /z/ sound (as in 'dogs' or 'has'). At the start of a word it is always /s/.
Tip
S hisses like a snake — sssssun!
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Phonics Rule: Silent E with O — /uː/ (Magic E)
Same o-consonant-e Magic E, but the O says 'oo' instead of long O — like 'move' and 'prove'.
Same o-consonant-e spelling as home and note, but in 'move', 'prove', 'lose', and 'whose' the O says the 'oo' sound /uː/ instead of long O. The E is still silent. Companion to silent_e_o_e.
Tip
Move and prove — Magic E makes O say oo!
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