worked
adjMade or done in a particular way or to a particular level.
adjChanged or prepared by doing work on it.
adjDecorated with patterns, especially by sewing.
adjShown step by step so you can see how to do it.
Syllables
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Letters
Phonics breakdown
Phonics Rule: Letter W
The letter W makes the /w/ sound, like in 'win', 'wet', and 'web'. The lips round into an O shape.
W is a voiced bilabial approximant — the lips round tightly then open as voice flows. W is sometimes silent (write, wrong) and can act as a vowel in some combinations (aw, ew, ow).
Tip
W rounds your lips — make an O then say /w/!
Examples
Phonics Rule: R-Controlled OR (as /ɜːr/)
After W, the letters OR say /ɜːr/ instead of /ɔːr/ — like 'word' and 'work'.
When OR follows W, it makes the /ɜːr/ sound (same as ER, IR, UR). This is a small but predictable group of words. Companion rule to r_controlled_or.
Tip
W+OR sounds like ER — work, word, world!
Examples
Phonics Rule: Letter K
The letter K makes the /k/ sound, like in 'kite', 'kit', and 'king'.
K always makes the /k/ sound. It is used before E, I, and Y where C would make an /s/ sound instead. K is silent before N at the start of a word (knife, know).
Tip
K is for kite — and kite starts with /k/!
Examples
Phonics Rule: Suffix -ED (/t/ sound)
After unvoiced sounds like /p/, /k/, /s/, -ED says /t/, like in 'jumped' and 'walked'.
The suffix -ed has three pronunciations. After unvoiced consonants (p, k, f, s, sh, ch), -ed says /t/. The E is silent.
Tip
After a quiet sound, -ED says /t/!
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