Long or Short Vowel Sounds?
What vowel sound do you hear in the 'middle' of the words cap, hat, rap, pat, back, bland, map?
short /a/
Read the words and isolate the 'beginning' sound:
grip, grin, grand, grunt,
/gr/
Read the 3 syllable word below (words usually have a 'vowel' in each syllable):
every
/e/ /ver/ /ee/
Which 'y' sound do you hear at the end of this word, long 'e' or long 'i'?
by
long 'I'
What is this word that does not sound the way its spelled?
two
/too/ (the #)
What vowel sound do you hear in the 'middle' of the words met, jet, leg, men, tell, help, trek?
short /e/
Read the words and isolate the 'beginning' sound:
bran, bring, brash, brown, brung
/br/
Read the 3 syllable word below (words usually have a 'vowel' in each syllable):
capital
/cap/ /it/ /al/
Which 'y' sound do you hear at the end of this word, long 'e' or long 'i'?
my
long 'I'
What is this word that does not sound the way its spelled?
as
/az/ (like in has)
What vowel sound do you hear in the 'middle' of the words like, mice, mile, bride, pike, fried, right, slide, cried?
long /i/
Read the words and isolate the 'beginning' sound:
drop, drain, drip, draw, drape
/dr/
Read the 3 syllable word below (words usually have a 'vowel' in each syllable):
invalid
/in/ /val/ /id/
Which 'y' sound do you hear at the end of this word, long 'e' or long 'i'?
any
long 'E'
What is this word that does not sound the way its spelled?
was
/wuz/
What vowel sound do you hear in the 'middle' of the words cope, tote, boat, foam, thrown, wrote, rode?
long /o/
Read the words and isolate the 'beginning' sound:
tree, trade, trip, troll, truck, trap
/tr/
Read the 3 syllable word below (words usually have a 'vowel' in each syllable):
inhabit
/in/ /hab/ /it/
Which 'y' sound do you hear at the end of this word, long 'e' or long 'i'?
many
long 'E'
What is this word that does not sound the way its spelled?
could
/kood/
(no /l/ sound)
(also in would, should)
What vowel sound do you hear in the 'middle' of the words mute, cute, feud, few, your, cues?
long /u/
Read the words and isolate the 'beginning' sound:
cram, cream, crimp, creek, crag, crush
/cr/
Read the 3 syllable word below (words usually have a 'vowel' in each syllable):
inexact
/in/ /ex/ /akt/
Which 'y' sound do you hear at the end of this word, long 'e' or long 'i'?
fly
long "I"
What is this word that does not sound the way its spelled?
know
/no/
(silent 'k')
(also in knowledge, known, knife)