[size=11.000000pt]Applying the Rule: [size=12.000000pt]When deciding how to spell the /k/ sound inEnglish, it is important to look at the sound that comes before it. CKmay be used in [size=12.000000pt]backpack[size=12.000000pt], [size=12.000000pt]dock[size=12.000000pt], and [size=12.000000pt]quick [size=12.000000pt]because a single, short vowelprecedes it. CK may not be used in [size=12.000000pt]week [size=12.000000pt]and [size=12.000000pt]sleek [size=12.000000pt]because two vowelsare working together to say the long vowel sound, or in [size=12.000000pt]blank [size=12.000000pt]or [size=12.000000pt]skunk[size=12.000000pt]because it is proceeded by a consonant sound.