Phonics worksheet focusing on vowels and consonants with instructions to color vowels red and consonants green.

Solution to the Phonics Worksheet: Vowels and Consonants

#### Task Explanation:
The goal of this worksheet is to help learners identify vowels and consonants in the English alphabet. The instructions say:

> *"Say the sound. Colour the vowels red and consonants green."*

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Step 1: Understand the Difference

- Vowels: Letters that represent vowel sounds. In English, the vowels are:
- a, e, i, o, u
- Sometimes y is considered a vowel (especially when it makes a vowel sound like in "happy" or "fly"), but in basic phonics, especially at this level, y is usually treated as a consonant unless specified.

So for this exercise, we’ll use:
> ✔ Vowels: a, e, i, o, u
> ✘ Consonants: All other letters

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Step 2: Identify the Vowels and Consonants in the Grid

Let’s go through each letter in the grid:

| Row | Letters | Vowels | Consonants |
|-----|--------|--------|------------|
| 1 | b, f, c, i, j, g | i | b, f, c, j, g |
| 2 | m, a, d, y, n, s | a | m, d, y, n, s |
| 3 | k, v, w, p, u, o | u, o | k, v, w, p |
| 4 | q, t, l, e, z, h | e | q, t, l, z, h |
| 5 | x, r | — | x, r |

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Final Answer:

- Color RED (vowels):
- i, a, u, o, e

- Color GREEN (consonants):
- All others: b, f, c, j, g, m, d, y, n, s, k, v, w, p, q, t, l, z, h, x, r

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Summary of Coloring:

✔ Red (Vowels):
- i (Row 1)
- a (Row 2)
- u (Row 3)
- o (Row 3)
- e (Row 4)

🟢 Green (Consonants):
- All remaining letters

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Note:

Even though y can act as a vowel in some words, in this context (basic phonics), it's treated as a consonant. So y should be colored green.

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Answer Key (for coloring):

```
Row 1: b(g), f(g), c(g), i(r), j(g), g(g)
Row 2: m(g), a(r), d(g), y(g), n(g), s(g)
Row 3: k(g), v(g), w(g), p(g), u(r), o(r)
Row 4: q(g), t(g), l(g), e(r), z(g), h(g)
Row 5: x(g), r(g)
```

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✔ Done! This completes the task. The student should color the vowels red and consonants green accordingly.