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Grade 3 Unit 2 Lesson 3. Digraph ue Digraph ew Irregular Plurals. DIGRAPH UE. Digraph ue makes the long (u) sound as in the word stat ue . Digraph ue is regular for spelling in the FINAL position of words. Examples: bl ue , val ue , arg ue. DIGRAPH EW.
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Grade 3 Unit 2Lesson 3 Digraph ue Digraph ew Irregular Plurals
DIGRAPH UE • Digraph ue makes the long (u) sound as in the word statue. • Digraph ue is regular for spelling in the FINAL position of words. • Examples: blue, value, argue
DIGRAPH EW • Digraph ewalso makes the long (u) sound as in the word blew. • Digraph ew is actually IRREGULAR for spelling, but many words are spelled using this form. It may be found in the MEDIAL or FINAL position of words. • Examples: pewter, mildew, nephew
Irregular plural words • Many nouns do NOT follow the regular pattern for adding -s or –esto show more than one (plural form). • Regular: hat + s = hats; watch + es = watches • When words do not follow the regular pattern, we say they are IRREGULAR (ir = not). • In this spelling lesson, we will focus on a few more irregular plural nouns...
IRREGULAR PLURALS Singular: Plural: fish fish deer deer tooth teeth foot feet ox oxen
SPELLING WORDS UE EW IRREGULAR blue blew fish due dew deer statue mildew teeth rescue outgrew feet argue nephew oxen clue Andrew value Lewis