In "yes," Y is representing a consonant, and in "gym" it is representing a vowel. A, E, I, O, U and sometimes Y is not a bad rule of thumb. Most of the time a spoken vowel will be represented by ...

They are consonant+vowel combinations 'wuh' and 'yu.' A, E, I, O, U and sometimes Y is not a bad rule of thumb. Most of the time a spoken vowel will be represented by one of those written forms.

What letters are vowels? This Bitesize KS1 English guide looks at how anything that isn't a vowel is a consonant through an animation and activity.

Try saying the word “snip”. Now say it again, slowly, focusing on what your mouth and throat and tongue are doing as you go from s to n to i to p.snip.. When you make a consonant sound, you ...

English bursts with consonants. We have words that string one after another, like angst, diphthong and catchphrase. But other languages keep more vowels and open sounds. And that variability might ...