Vowels & Consonants

There are two main types of sounds: vowels and consonants.

Vowels and consonants are types of sounds, but they are also types of letters. Letters make sounds, remember? Most of the time vowel letters make vowel sounds and consonant letters make consonant sounds.

In the alphabet on this page, the vowels are green and the consonants are red. The red consonants always make consonant sounds. The letter y is blue because sometimes it is a vowel, but other times it is a consonant.

The most important thing to remember is that the vowel letters are a, e, i, o , u and sometimes y. All the other letters are consonants.

 The most important thing to remember is that the vowel letters are a, e, i, o , u and sometimes y. All the other letters are consonants.

Vowels
Vowels are really important because every word has at least one vowel. Remember, there are only five letters that always make vowel sounds: a, e, i, o and u. The letter y is sometimes a vowel.
Here are some pictures of words that have one vowel letter. Each word has a different vowel sound. First say all of the words. Then figure out the vowel sound in each one and say just that sound.