1001 Questions and Answers on Orthography and Reading Part 3

20. _How many sounds has E?_ Two.

21. _What are they?_ Long and Short.

22. _How many sounds has I?_ Two.

23. _What are they?_ Long and Short.

24. _How many sounds has O?_ Three.

25. _What are they?_ Long, Short, and Slender.

26. _How many sounds has U?_ Three.

27. _What are they?_ Long, Short, and Medial.

28. _How many sounds has B?_ One; as heard in the word babe.

29. _How many sounds has C?_ None that may be properly called its own.

30. _How many sounds has D?_ One; as heard in the word did.

31. _How many sounds has F?_ One; as heard in the word flew.

32. _How many sounds has G?_ Two; as heard in the words go and age.

33. _How many sounds has H?_ One; as heard in the word high.

34. _How many sounds has J?_ None of its own, but represents one; the sound of G.

35. _How many sounds has K?_ One; as heard in the word key.

36. _How many sounds has L?_ One; as heard in the word lily.

37. _How many sounds has M?_ One; as heard in the word money.

38. _How many sounds has N?_ One; as heard in the word nat.

39. _How many sounds has P?_ One; as heard in the word pie.

40. _How many sounds has R?_ One; as heard in the word roar. (REM.--Some authors give r three sounds.)

41. _How many sounds has S?_ One; as heard in the word same.

42. _How many sounds has T?_ One; as heard in the word tight.

43. _How many sounds has V?_ One; as heard in the word view.

44. _How many sounds has W?_ One; as heard in the word we.

45. _How many sounds has X?_ None of its own, as it is a redundant letter.

46. _How many sounds has Z?_ One; as heard in the word ooze.

47. _How many sounds has Th?_ Two; as heard in the words thigh and the.

48. _How many sounds has Ch?_ One; as heard in the word church.

49. _How many sounds has Sh?_ One; as heard in the word ash.

50. _How many sounds has Zh?_ One obscurely; represented by _si_ in such words as fusion, _zi_ in glazier.

51. _How many sounds has Wh?_ One; as heard in the word what.

52. _How many sounds has Ng?_ One; as heard in the word sing.

53. _What are regular sounds?_ The long sounds of the letters.

SUBSt.i.tUTES.

1. _What is a Subst.i.tute?_ A letter representing a sound usually represented by another.

2. _What are Equivalent letters?_ Letters representing the same sound.

3. _What properties do Subst.i.tutes a.s.sume?_ The properties of the letter whose sound it represents.

4. _How many Subst.i.tutes has a long?_ Four.

5. _What are they?_ _E_ in tete; _ei_ in feint; _ey_ in they; and _ao_ in gaol.

6. _How many Subst.i.tutes has a middle?_ Two.

7. _What are they?_ _E_ in there; and _ei_ in heir.

8. _How many Subst.i.tutes has a broad?_ Two.

9. _What are they?_ _O_ in cord; and _ou_ in sought.

10. _How many Subst.i.tutes has e long?_ Three.

11. _What are they?_ _I_ in marine; _ie_ in fiend; and _ay_ in quay.

12. _How many Subst.i.tutes has e short?_ Two.

13. _What are they?_ _A_ in says; and _u_ in bury.