Long & Short Vowel Sounds
Phonetic Skills 1 & 2
Adding Suffixes to Words with PS 1 & 2
The Sounds of -ed
Vowel Families o & i
100
Does this marking indicate a long or a short vowel sound for a?
short a
100
Is this word an example of Phonetic Skill 1 or 2?
met
Phonetic Skill 1
100
How many consonants must you have after a short vowel before adding a suffix?
2
100
What are the 3 sounds made by the suffix -ed?
/d/ /t/ /ed/
100
In the o and i vowel families, the words do not follow Phonetic Skill #2. In the o and i vowel families, is the vowel sound in the word long or short?
(Example words: most, find)
Long
200
Listen as I say the vowel sound. Then say which vowel sound it is and whether it's long or short.
Long o
200
Is this word an example of Phonetic Skill 1 or 2?
lamp
Phonetic Skill 2
200
Write this word with the suffix given:
help + er
helper
200
What sound is made by -ed in the word below?
dressed
/t/
200
Write the word that means a young male horse.
(This word will be spelled using one of the o or i vowel families: -old, -olt, -ost, -ild, -ind)
colt
300
Listen as I say the vowel sound. Then say which vowel sound it is and whether it's long or short.
Short u
300
Is this word an example of Phonetic Skill 1 or 2?
munch
Phonetic Skill 2
300
Write this word with the suffix given:
stop + ed
stopped
300
What sound is made by -ed in the word below?
hummed
/d/
300
Write the word that completes the name of this nursery rhyme: "Three ________ mice"
This word also is used to describe a condition where someone cannot see.
(This word will be spelled using one of the o or i vowel families: -old, -olt, -ost, -ild, -ind)
blind
400
Listen as I say a word. Then say what the vowel sound is and whether it's long or short.
Long e
400
What do we call this symbol?
*
A guardian consonant
400
Write this word with the suffix given:
match + ing
matching
400
What sound is made by -ed in the word below?
lifted
/ed/
400
Write the word that describes what a valuable statue or piece of jewelry might be made of.
(This word will be spelled using one of the o or i vowel families: -old, -olt, -ost, -ild, -ind)
gold
500
Listen as I say a word. Then say what the vowel sound is and whether it's long or short.
short u
500
What Phonetic Skill 2 word is something you might sleep in when camping?
tent
500
Write this word with the suffix given:
fix + ed
fixed
500
What sound is made by -ed in the word below?
boxed
/t/
500
Write the word that describes what we do with wheat at a mill to make it into flour for baking.
(This word will be spelled using one of the o or i vowel families: -old, -olt, -ost, -ild, -ind)
grind