Short vowels are spelled with only one vowel between two consonants when the word ends in a consonant (C+V+C).
Short vowels usually only have one spelling.
100
What is the Long Vowel Rule?
A word has a long vowel sound when the word has two vowels together (C+V+V+C) or the word has one vowel in the middle and a silent e at the end (V+C+silent e).
Long vowels have many spellings.
100
Name the common patterns of long a.
ai/ei (middle), ay/ey (end), and a+(consonant)+silent e
100
What are the five English vowels?
a, e, i, o, and u
200
What type of vowel sound is in the word 'coat'?
long o
200
Spell the word the teacher gives you and name the short vowel sound in it.
cop
200
Spell the word the teacher gives you and name the long vowel sound in it.
speak
200
Name the common patterns of long e.
ee, ea, and e+(consonant)+silent e
200
What do we call the English letters that are NOT vowels?
consonants
300
How do you say the vowel sound for long i?
i:
300
Spell the word the teacher gives you and name the short vowel sound in it.
big
300
Spell the word the teacher gives you and name the long vowel sound in it.
flight
300
Name the common patterns of long i.
igh, ie (end), y (end), -ild/-ind, i+(consonant)+silent e, and y+(consonant)+silent e
300
How many letters are there in English?
26
400
Name the two vowel sounds in the word 'music.'
long u and short i
400
When are 't' and 'd' doubled in a word?
For words with more than one syllable, they are doubled after the short vowel syllable in the middle(V+tt/dd+V).
400
Spell the word the teacher gives you and name the long vowel sound in it.
rope
400
Name the common patterns of long o.
oa/oe (middle), ow/oe (end), and o+(consonant)+silent e
400
How an sounds are there in English?
What is 44.
500
What are BOTH the short and long vowel sounds for the following vowels: a, e, i, o, and u.
a, e, i, o, and u
a:, e:, i:, o:, and u:
500
When are 'f', 's', and 'l' doubled in a word?
They are doubled at the end of a short vowel syllable (V+ff/ss/ll).
500
Spell the word the teacher gives you and name the long vowel sound in it.
loose
500
Name the common patterns of long u.
oo/o (middle), oo/u (end), oose/ose/oe (end), ue (end), ew (end), u+(consonant)+silent e
500
What are some spelling patterns that help you know when to use 'ie' or 'ei'?
i before e, except after c
after a t/c that sounds like "sh", use ie
exceptions that use ei: weird, leisure, seizure, neither, either