Short Vowels
The words "fact, stress, risks, cloth and bulky" each contain one main short vowel sound. Identify the short vowel sound in three of the words.
fact — short /a/
stress — short /e/
risks — short /i/
cloth — short /o/
bulky — short /u/
The answer is a word from the worksheet. It means “to give or supply something” and contains the long /i/ pattern i_e.
provide
Clap and count the syllables in ADVANTAGE.
AD-VAN-TAGE
In the word stress, are "st" a consonant blend or a digraph? How many consonant sounds do you hear?
st is a consonant blend. You hear two sounds: /s/ and /t/.
In CIVIL, does the first c sound like /k/ or /s/? Explain.
It sounds like /s/. It is followed by i.
What are the short vowels in each word?
campus, mental, factor, risks, bulky
/a/campus, factor
/e/mental
/i/risks
/u/bulky
Give us a word with the same long sound but with a different vowel team. For example, claim and same.
1. career
2. goal
any correct answer
Divide equipment into syllables. Then identify the consonant pattern that begins the second syllable.
e-quip-ment. The second syllable begins with qu, a digraph or consonant pattern representing /kw/.
Identify the digraph and its sound in each word:
theory
shift
physical
th — /th/
sh — /sh/
ph — /f/
Which words contain a soft g sound?
legal — growth — giant — strategies — give
Giant and strategies contain a soft /j/ sound. Growth, legal and give contain hard /g/.
One word does not belong.
stable — social — urban — maintain
Which is the intruder, and why?
urban because it has short vowel sounds
The letters "ow" can represent 2 different sounds. Give an example for each sound. Spell them.
Examples: Growth, Howl, Bowl, Bow etc
A student divides relationship as follows:
rel-at-ion-ship
Correct the division.
Answer: re-la-tion-ship. It has four syllables. The chunk sh must stay together because it represents one sound.
The letters ch appear in both channel and choir. Do they represent the same sound? Explain.
channel: ch represents /ch/.
choir: ch represents /k/.
Predict the sound of c in each word:
social
specific
agriculture
The letter C makes a soft sound like /s/ when it comes before the letters e, i, or y. It makes a hard sound like /k/ when it comes before a, o, u, or any consonant.
How do you read this word? POLLUTION. Are the vowels there short or long?
O is short because it is in the syllable POL and U is a long vowel sound because it is in the syllable LU
A mystery word contains:
Four syllables.
The digraph ph.
A short vowel sound in its first syllable.
A vowel team representing long /e/.
The word is connected with the natural world or the air around us.
atmosphere
Divide PHYSICAL into syllables.
phys-i-cal.
Classify each bold pattern as a blend, digraph, or vowel team:
stress
theory
physical
maintain
quality
st — consonant blend
th — consonant digraph
ph — consonant digraph
ai — vowel team
qu — consonant pattern/digraph representing /kw/
The usual rule says that g before e, i or y is soft. Give one word that shows this isn't always true.
give
Most words with silent 'e' at the end have long vowels, but this common word has a short vowel.
Have
“Whenever I see two vowels together, they always make a long vowel sound.” Give an example of this being untrue.
avoid - /oy/
cause - /aw/
For the word "civilization", count its syllables, and explain the pronunciation of the second letter "i"
5 syllables: civ-i-li-za-tion. /i/ is a short sound because it is in an unstressed syllable.
Which word contains two different consonant clusters—one at the beginning and one at the end? Think of one.
strict
spring
plant
climb
grasp
Analyse the c and g sounds in the phrase:
specific agricultural strategies
Identify every c and g that is hard or soft, and explain the rule.
specific: the last c is hard /k/; the second c is soft /s/ because it comes before i.
agricultural: the c before u is hard /k/.
strategies: the g is soft /j/ because it comes before i.