-k, -ck, or –ke a the end of a word?

Use –ck if you hear the /k/ sound right after a short vowel.Examples:

backpecksicksocktuck

Use –ke to make the vowel long

Examples:

makepikepokeduke

Use –k when you hear words with –ook, or other welded

sounds likeExamples:bookcook

Let’s read some!

back

pack

quack

rack

sack

tack

black

crack

bake

cake

fake

lake

make

quake

rake

take

wake

brake

flake

shake

snake

kick

lick

pick

quick

sick

brick

chick

click

slick

stick

bike

hike

spike

strike

dock

knock

lock

rock

sock

block

clock

shock

stock

joke

poke

woke

broke

choke

smoke

spoke

book

cook

hook

shook

look

took

duck

luck

suck

tuck

pluck

stuck

struck

truck

High Frequency Words

our

your

because

over

away