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verbTo look carefully in a place to try to find something.
nounAn attempt to find something by looking for it.
verbTo type words into a computer program to find information.
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Phonics breakdown
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!
Examples
Phonics Rule: EAR says /ɜːr/ (earth)
EAR can make the /ɜːr/ sound (like 'er' in 'her'), as in 'earth' and 'learn'.
EAR sometimes says /ɜːr/ (the same sound as ER/IR/UR): earth, early, learn, earn, heard, search, pearl.
Tip
Learn about the earth — earth, early, learn!
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Phonics Rule: CH Digraph
C and H together make a new sound: /tʃ/, like in 'chop' and 'much'.
When C and H are together, they don't say /k/ + /h/. They make a completely new sound: /tʃ/. This is called a digraph — two letters making one sound.
Tip
CH — choo choo goes the train!
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