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Vowel Sounds Flash Cards
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Vowel Sounds Flash Cards
Help the word detectives sort their clues! Say each word aloud. Listen for the vowel sound, then answer. Short vowels are heard in words such as cat; long vowels usually say their letter name, as in cake.
Sort the sound clues
Each question has its own set of word cards. Choose the sound you hear.
1.A word card says “jam”. Which vowel sound do you hear in the middle?
- short a, as in cat
- long a, as in cake
- short i, as in sit
2.Dylan has three cards: bed, feet and hen. Write the two words with the short e sound, as in bed.
3.Which word belongs in the long i pile, where the vowel says its name like in bike?
- fish
- slide
- chin
4.Read these cards aloud: hop, home, sock. Which two have the short o sound, as in hot?
5.A card has a picture of a bus. What is the vowel sound in the middle of bus?
- short u, as in cup
- long u, as in cube
- short o, as in hot
Find the vowel pattern
Look carefully at how the vowel sound is spelled in each word.
6.Which word has a long a sound spelled with the vowel team ai?
- snail
- snack
- stamp
7.Complete the word card with one vowel: f__sh. The word has the short i sound, as in sit.
8.True or false: In the word cube, the u has a long sound and says its letter name.
TrueFalse
9.The word “boat” has a long o sound. Write another word from this set with the same sound: fox, road, mop.
10.Make a new word card by changing the vowel in “cap” to create “cape”. What happens to the a sound?
11.Create a pair of flash-card words: write one word with a short vowel sound and one with a long vowel sound. Underline the vowel in each word.
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