Five Letters, Five Sounds

Spanish · Page 1 of 2

Name Date
DIRECTIONS: Each Spanish vowel says one sound, every time. Say each word, then write what it sounded like.
aeiouSpanish
five letters · five sounds
aeiouEnglish
five letters · twenty-two sounds
The five sounds: the underlined bit is the Spanish letter.
a
like the a in
father
e
like the e in
bed
i
like the ee in
see
o
like the o in
more
u
like the oo in
moon
Say it out loudIts vowels areWhat did it sound like?
casaa   a
mesae   a
libroi   o
gatoa   o
lunau   a

Five Letters, Five Sounds — A Long One

Spanish · Page 2 of 2

A word you have never seen. You can still say it.
murciélago
(it means bat — the animal)
Slowly:   mur · ci · é · la · go   (vowels u · i · e · a · o: moon, see, bed, father, more). Then faster.
Try these too. Say each one, then tick if it felt easy.Easy?
elefante
chocolate
tomate
Notice anything about the last three? The next sheet explains.