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What is a consonant?

• A consonant is a letter that is not A, E, I, O, or U.
• examples:  cat, run, school, phone, & game

• The letter "Y" can be a consonant only if it does not create an A, E, I, O, or U sound.
• examples:  you, yes, yard, & yesterday
• The opposite of a consonant is a vowel.

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