1. Sometimes y is a vowel. In one word above the letter y makes the sound of the short i as in igloo. What is this word.  _________________
2. One rule that we use to sound out words is: 

   When two vowels go walking the first one does the talking and the second one is silent.

   The following words have double vowels, but only 3 of the words have the double vowel with the first vowel making the long sound and the second one silent. Can you find these words?

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3. _{Matching: Place the letter of the correct definition in the blank before each word at the right.}

_________ dismount	a.  leather straps used to guide a horse
_________  steer	b.  to get off a horse
_________  fumble	c.  to handle clumsily
_________  grove	d. to direct the way you go
_________  reins	e.  to bend at the waist in a salute
_________  bow	f.  a clump of trees

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