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Short Long Vowel Sounds

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Short Long Vowel Sounds

Say each word aloud. A short vowel sound is quick, as in cat. A long vowel sound says its letter name, as in cake. Read the bike-shop word puzzles and solve them.

Listen and sort

Sienna is checking labels for the bike shop. Read each word aloud and decide whether its first vowel sound is short or long.

1.The shop has a red cap for a rider. In cap, does a make a short sound or a long sound?
  • Short a
  • Long a
2.Jarrah finds a safe place to store a bike. In safe, does a make a short sound or a long sound?
  • Short a
  • Long a
3.Hamish spots a hen beside the workbench. Which vowel sound do you hear in hen?
  • Short e
  • Long e
4.Sienna puts a green wheel by the door. Which vowel sound do you hear in green?
  • Short e
  • Long e

Fix the word labels

The vowels have fallen off some labels. Write the missing vowel to make each word. Say the finished word aloud.

5.A bicycle has a flat tre. Add the letter that makes the long i sound: tre.
6.A small dog can hp over a tool box. Add the vowel that makes the short o sound: hp.

Word-wheel challenge

Read each word. Find the vowel sound named in the question.

7.Which word has a short u sound: tub, cube or tune?
8.Which word has a long o sound: rock, rope or sock?
9.Tick every word with a short vowel sound: pin, ride, lock, cube, net.
10.Hamish sorts these bike-shop words: kit, chain, bell, seat. Write the two words with a long vowel sound.
11. Draw one thing whose name has a long vowel sound. Then ask an adult to help you write its name underneath. Example: kite.

3 printable pages

  • Short Long Vowel Sounds, page 1 of 3: Listen and sort

    Page 1

  • Short Long Vowel Sounds, page 2 of 3: Fix the word labels, Word-wheel challenge

    Page 2

  • Short Long Vowel Sounds, page 3 of 3: 11. Draw one thing whose name has a long vowel sound. Then ask an adult to help

    Page 3

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