to
prepositionShows which direction someone or something is moving, as in 'I walked to school'.
particleUsed before a verb to show what someone is doing or going to do, as in 'I like to read'.
prepositionShows who receives something or who an action is done for, as in 'Give this to your sister'.
prepositionShows a range between two things, as in 'from one to ten'.
prepositionUsed to show how two things compare, as in 'The score was five to three'.
prepositionShows what time is coming soon, as in 'It's ten to three' meaning three o'clock is nearly here.
"to" does not follow standard phonics patterns and should be memorized.
Phonics breakdown
Phonics Rule: Letter T
The letter T makes the /t/ sound, like in 'top', 'tap', and 'ten'. The tongue tip taps behind the upper teeth.
T is a voiceless alveolar stop. The tongue tip touches the ridge behind the upper teeth and releases with a puff of air. Double T (tt) makes the same /t/ sound.
Tip
T taps — touch your tongue to make /t/!
Examples
Phonics Rule: O says /uː/
In a few little words the single O says 'oo', like in 'do', 'who', and 'to'.
Usually O says its short or long sound, but in a small set of common words a lone O makes the 'oo' sound /uː/ instead — do, who, to, two, into, onto, tomb, womb. These words are learned by heart.
Tip
Who will do it? O says oo!
Examples
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