Long and Short Vowels
Is the word "cake" a long or short vowel sound?
Long vowel sound
Spell a word that uses the Vowel-Consonant-E pattern for the long "a" sound
cake
Read the word "bike." What sound do you hear?
Answer: Long "i" sound
Does the word "cat" have a long or short vowel sound?
Short vowel sound
What is a VCE word that has a long "i" sound? Spell it.
Answer: Kite
How do you read the word "mice"?
Answer: Long "i" sound
c= s sound
What about the word "time"? Long or short vowel sound?
Long vowel sound
Can you spell a word with a long "o" sound using the VCE pattern?
Answer: Home
What is the pronunciation of "hope"?
Answer: Long "o" sound
Are the vowel sounds in "pencil" long or short?
Short vowel sounds
Give a VCE word with a long "u" sound.
Answer: Cube
Can you read "happened"? What vowel sounds do you hear?
Answer: short "a" "e" sounds
Does "have" have a long or short vowel sound?
Answer: short vowel sound
Spell a word that follows the VCE pattern with a long "e" sound.
Answer: Eve
Read the words "pinned and pined." What vowel sound/s are present?
Answer: Long "i" and short "i" sound