Long Vowels
Short Vowels
R-Controlled Vowels
Mixed Vowels
Final Jeopardy
100

 This vowel says its name in the word "cake." Which vowel is it?  

What is a?

100

This word has a short a sound: "bag", "cake", or "make"?

What is bag?

100

In the word "car," the vowel + r makes a special sound. What is that vowel?

What is -ar?

100

This word contains a long vowel: "mat", "made", or "map"

What is made?
100

Which spelling pattern shows a long e sound?
A) ea 

B) ou 

C) oi

What is ea?
200

Pick the word that has a long i sound: "sit", "kite", or "cat"?

What is kite?

200

In the word "bed," which vowel appears and does it make a short or long sound?

What is short e?

200

Which r-controlled vowel sound is in "bird"?

What is ir?

200

In the word "sled," which vowel appears and is it short or long?

What is short e?

200

In the word "rake," does the vowel make a short or long sound? Name the vowel and its type  

What is long a?

300

 Change the short vowel word "hop" to make a long vowel word that means to wish. Write the new word.

What is hope?

300

Choose the word with a short u sound: "cup", "cute", or "cube"?


What is cup?

300

Give a word with an "or" r-controlled vowel (three letters or more) that means "a place to sit."

What is floor?

300

This word has an r-controlled vowel: "scare", "scar", or "scale"

What is scar?

300

Which word contains an r-controlled vowel: "farm", "fade", or "fine"?

What is farm?

400

What two letters often work together to make the long "o" sound in "boat"?

oa

400

Change the vowel in "cat" to make a new word that is that can mean an animal or something that is used with a ball.

What is bat?

400

Change the r-controlled vowel in car to create a new word that means a long distance.

What is far?

400

Change or add one letter in the word "pin" to make a word with a long vowel sound. Write the new word and name the long vowel.

What is pine?

400

Start with the base word "mat." Change one letter and then add one letter (two edits total; you may change a consonant or vowel) to make a new single-syllable word that contains a long vowel. Write the new word and explain which edits you made and why the vowel became long.  

What is mate and mite? 

500

This 2-syllable word is a frozen treat you eat on a stick on a hot summer day, and the only long vowel sound is a long I.  

What is popsicle?

500

Give a pair of rhyming words that both use the short o sound (different from "dog" and "hog")

What is....?

500

This 2-syllable word is a person who helps you when you are sick and it ends with the er sound.

What is doctor?

500

Provide three separate single words:

  1. one word with a long vowel (underline the vowel in your word),
  2. one word with a short vowel (underline the vowel in your word),
  3. one word with an r-controlled vowel (underline the vowel+r in your word).
What is...?
500

Provide three separate single words (one per line). Label each word with its vowel type. You must include:

  1. one word that shows a long vowel made by the "ee" vowel team 
  2. one word that shows a short vowel,
  3. one r-controlled word (use ar, ir, er, or ur). 

What is...?

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