somewhere
advIn a place that you do not know exactly where it is.
advAt a time or point that you do not know exactly when it is.
Syllables
2 syllables
Letters
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: O says /ʌ/
O sometimes says the /ʌ/ sound (like short U), like in 'son', 'love', and 'month'.
In a set of common words, O says /ʌ/ instead of short /ɒ/: son, won, month, mother, brother, love, glove, dove, dozen, oven, money, honey.
Tip
O can say uh — son, love, month!
Examples
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!
Examples
Phonics Rule: EW says /uː/
EW usually says the 'oo' sound /uː/, like in 'flew' and 'grew'.
The vowel team EW most often makes the pure 'oo' sound /uː/ at the end of a syllable: flew, grew, chew, crew, blew. After some consonants it adds a Y-glide and says /juː/ — see the companion 'EW says /juː/' rule (few, mew, pew).
Tip
EW says oo — flew, grew, chew!
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Phonics Rule: Letter H
The letter H makes the /h/ sound, like in 'hat', 'hop', and 'hen'. It is a soft breath of air.
H is a voiceless glottal fricative — just a puff of air with no friction. It always appears before a vowel and is sometimes silent (as in 'hour' or 'honest').
Tip
H is a puff of air — breathe out and say /h/!
Examples
Phonics Rule: ERE says /ɛər/ (there)
ERE can make the /ɛər/ sound, like in 'there' and 'where'.
ERE says /ɛər/ (the 'air' sound) in there, where, and their-family words.
Tip
There and where rhyme with air!
Examples
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