Short Vowels
This short vowel sound would complete these words: _nder the s_n
What is /ŭ/?
This is the first one of 'last.'
What is /l/?
These are the phonemes in 'mask.'
What are /m/, /ă/, /s/, and /k/?
These are the syllables of 'bacon.'
What are 'ba' and 'con?'
These letters are making the long vowel sound in 'key.'
What are /e/ and /y/?
This fruit has three different /ă/ sounds.
What is a banana?
This is the phoneme changed between 'peck' and 'check.'
What is /p/?
These are the phonemes in 'hope.'
What are /h/, /ō/, and /p/?
These are the syllables of 'elephant.'
What are 'el', 'e', and 'phant?'
This long vowel is the first and last of a state in the middle of the country.
What is /ō/?
This is how many short vowel sounds the word alphabet has.
What is three?
Change the first phoneme in 'tack' to /b/.
What is 'back?'
These are the phonemes of 'screen.'
What are /s/, /k/, /r/, /ē/, and /n/?
These are the syllables of 'student.'
What are 'stu' and 'dent?'
These are two vowels teams that make a /ē/ sound.
What are 'ee,' 'ea,' 'ey,' and 'ei?'
This short vowel sound is at the beginning of 'end.'
What is /ĕ/?
This two-wheeled device has a /ī/ and /ĭ/ sound in it. If you use a shorter version, you get a magic E.
What is a bicycle or bike?
These are the phonemes of 'shorter.'
What are /sh/, /or/, /t/, and /er/?
These are the syllables of 'summer.'
What are 'sum', and 'mer?'
These two types of syllables usually make the vowel sounds long.
What are open syllables and magic-e syllables?
This is the name of the symbol we put above short vowel sounds.
What is a breve?
Without the /l/, you're not shooting 'blanks,' you're shooting these.
What are 'banks?'
These are the phonemes of 'jumped.'
What are /j/, /u/, /m/, /p/, and /t/?
These are the syllables of 'opportunity.'
What are 'op,' 'por,' 'tu,' 'nit,' and 'y?'
This long vowel sound actually has two sounds, like in 'few,' and 'tissue.'
What is /ū/ and /oo/?