Vowel Teams and Trigraph Quiz

• Taylor Swift often uses water as a metaphor in her songs.

• Which Long a vowel team would we need to complete the song Midnight R_n?

• -ay

• -ea

• -ai

• -ee

The song “Stay Stay Stay” from the album Red has the

Long __ vowel sound in “stay” and “play.”

• e

• a

• i

• o

The long vowel team a is featured in many Taylor Swift's songs.

For example, "Begin Again" from her album "Red" (2012).

We need another long vowel a sound but remember we already have -ai and -ay!

So now, the next long vowel a sound is...

• vein

• reign

• sleigh

• new

Which long vowel team and long vowel sound

is consistently featured in all of these lyrics?

1). Oh, your sweet disposition
And my wide-eyed gaze
We're singing in the car, getting lost upstate...

2). 'Cause there we are again on that little town street
You almost ran the red 'cause you were lookin' over at me...

3). Photo album on the counter
Your cheeks were turning red
You used to be a little kid with glasses in a twin-sized bed...

• long vowel i sound

• long e vowel sound

• long o vowel sound

• long a vowel sound

Which of the following words contains the long vowel e sound? And what are the vowel teams??

• 1. see, tree, meet, street, green

• 1. eat, sea, read, meat, team

• 1. chief, field, piece, believe, brief

• 1. receive, ceiling, deceit, protein, seize

• 1. key, money, honey, donkey, valley

Answer explanation

1. These vowel teams ALL have the LONG VOWEL e SOUND!

2. -ee

3. -ea

4. -ie

5. -ei

6. -ey

Which of the following words contains the "ei" sound in the Long E Sound category?

• rain

• receive

• pie

• boat

NEW CONCEPT ALERT:

A trigraph is a group of three letters that represent a single vowel sound :)

Which of the following words in these lyrics have a Long vowel i sound - this three letter pattern makes ONE sound!

1. And I know it's long gone and that magic's not here no more
And I might be okay but I'm not fine at all...

2. 2. 'Cause there we are again in the middle of the night
   We're dancing 'round the kitchen in the refrigerator light...

4. 3. After plaid shirt days and nights when you made me your own
   Now you mail back my things and I walk home alone...

• -igh as in "sigh"

• -ore as in bore

• 
  -tch as in "match"
  

• -air as in "hair"

Which of the following words contains the vowel team that makes the Long i sound category?

• see

• pie

• vein

• blue

Which of the following words contains the "ei" sound in the Long I sound category?

• height

• receive

• new

• boat

Which of the following words contains a vowel team that makes the Long o sound?

• snow

• toe

• boat

• high

Answer explanation

In "snow," the "ow" combination creates a diphthong, where the vowel sound changes within the same syllable.

The "o" and "w" work together to make the long "o" sound.

While "w" itself is not a vowel, it plays a role in creating the vowel sound in certain contexts, such as in "snow," "grow," or "how."