Identifying Long or Short Vowels

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What is a long vowel?

Back

A long vowel is a vowel sound that is pronounced the same as the name of the letter itself, such as 'A' in 'cake'.

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What is a short vowel?

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A short vowel is a vowel sound that is pronounced differently than the name of the letter, such as 'A' in 'cat'.

Front

Give an example of a word with a long 'I'.

Back

The word 'hike' has a long 'I'.

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Give an example of a word with a short 'I'.

Back

The word 'hit' has a short 'I'.

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Give an example of a word with a long 'U'.

Back

The word 'cube' has a long 'U'.

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Give an example of a word with a short 'U'.

Back

The word 'cup' has a short 'U'.

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Give an example of a word with a long 'O'.

Back

The word 'bone' has a long 'O'.

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Give an example of a word with a short 'O'.

Back

The word 'hot' has a short 'O'.

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What sound does the long 'E' make?

Back

The long 'E' sounds like the letter 'E' itself, as in 'see'.

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What sound does the short 'E' make?

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The short 'E' sounds like 'eh', as in 'bed'.