Consonants are the rest of the letters in the alphabet: b, c, d, f, g, h, j, k, l, m, n, p, q, r, s, t, v, w, x, y and z The letter 'y' is a bit different, because ...

The letter Y can stand for either of these types of sounds. In "yes," Y is representing a consonant, and in "gym" it is representing a vowel. In fact, due to the imperfect match between writing ...

Rule 2 helps us with words which end with a short vowel sound – a, e, i o, u followed by a consonant, such as the word hop. The rule for these types of words is that we double the last letter ...