Long/Short Vowel Sounds
R-Controlled Vowels
Blends, Digraphs and Trigraphs
Variant Vowels
Syllable Types
100

Name a word with a long u sound.

What is ___________?

100

Read the following word aloud.

carpenter

What is carpenter?

100

Which word contains a consonant blend?

stripe, tough, knew

What is stripe?

100

Which word rhymes with tune?

hook, zoom, shook, took

What is zoom?

100

Name a word with a consonant -le syllable. (ex. marble)

What is ___?

200

What is the vowel sound in the first syllable of this word?

marvelous

What is r-controlled a?

200

Read the following words aloud.

hearing, turnover

What are hearing and turnover?

200

Name a word that contains a consonant blend.

What is _______?

200

Which word in the sentence contains variant vowels?

When I dropped my lunch tray, everyone in the cafeteria gawked at me.

What is gawked?

200

Which word contains an open syllable?

cat    boat    took    go

What is go?

300

Name two words with a short i sound.

What are ______ and _______?

300

Which of the following words contains an r-controlled vowel sound?

stripe, rope, tear

What is tear?

300

Which words contain digraphs or trigraphs?

coat, blend, school, earn, hatch

What are school and hatch?

300

Which two words contain variant vowels?

caught, fork, owner, planet

What are caught and owner?

300

Which word contains an r-controlled syllable?

farmer    rough    shadow    frostbite

What is farmer?

400

What vowel sound do you hear in the first and second syllable of this word?

lonely

What are long o and long e?

400


Which three nonsense words sound alike?

kird, mard, plurph, tersh, wortch

What are kird, plurph, and tersh?

400

 Which words contain TWO consonant blends?

flip    skate    frost    blend    slipper    brisk

What are frost, blend and brisk?

400

Read the following nonsense words aloud.

joot    tew    hout   jawk

Teacher judgment

400

Which two words contain vowel team syllables?

sparkle    teammate    float    star

What are teammate and float?

500

Name one word for each of the long vowel sounds.

What are _______, _________, ___________, ______, and _______?

500

Which words in the sentences below contain r-controlled vowels?

Sir Mortimer rode his horse through the dense forest in search of the ferocious dragon. He intended to slay the monster which was feared by everyone in the kingdom.

What are Sir, Mortimer, horse, forest, search, ferocious, monster, feared, and everyone?

500

Use a word with a consonant blend to complete the rhyme:

Roses are red.

Violets are blue.

Sugar is ___,

and so are you.


What is sweet?

500

How many words in this rhyme contain variant vowels?

Row, row, row your boat gently down the stream.

Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily life is but a dream.

What is 7?

500

Name the syllable types found in this word:

turtle

What are r-controlled and consonant -le?