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What is a consonant?

• A consonant is a letter that is not A, E, I, O, or U.
• examples:  at, man, how, phone, & school
• The letter "Y" can be a consonant only if it does not create an A, E, I, O, or U sound.
• examples:  yes, yellow, you, & yell
• The opposite of a consonant is a vowel.

• Consonants are not syllables.
• Consonants can be combined with a vowel to make a syllable.
• examples:  he, she, it, then, & here

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