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Hilary’s Primary School

Academic Year 2017 - 2018

Short and Long Vowel Sounds

Name: ___________________________________________
Class: ________________ Class Number: ______________
 Short and Long ‘a’ Sound

Sort the following ‘a’ words into the correct column.

(cat, cake, hat, play, rake, rain, tape, fat, man, mane, day, sad, late, plane)

Short ‘a’ sound Long ‘a’ sound

 a a_e ai ay

hay

acorn snake rain

These words all have the long ‘a’ sound.

Do these words have an ‘ai’ or ‘ay’?

tr____n pl____ pr____

t____l p____nt ch____n

 Short ‘e’ Sound

Fill in the missing letter to make the word.

w_b h_n n_t

n_st v_t b_d

Can you write your own word with the short ‘e’ sound? ________________________
Magic ‘E’ Mind Map

tape

tap

Magic ‘E’
 e ie e_e ea _y ee
baby

equal
leaf
these
bee
thief

These words have the long ‘e’ sound.

Can you think of some more words with the long ‘e’ sound?

______________________________________________________________________

Choose the correct word to complete the following sentences.

(read, seal, jeans, beak, clean, cheese, beach)

1. I will _______ a book.

2. The ______ is playing with a ball.
3. The bird has a sharp _____.
4. My ______ are blue.
5. Mom will ______ the house.
6. I play in the water at the _________.
7. The mouse will eat ________.
 Build Words With
ea, e, or ee.
Cut out the letter tiles. Make a word. Read the word. Make sure
it is a real word.

ea ea

ee ea

ee ea

ch t p t p t

m d n s b m
 Short and Long ‘i’ Sound

1. Circle the correct sound. Write down the word for each picture.

(long I /short i) (long I /short i)

(long I /short i) (long I /short i)

 _y i ie i_e igh
fly
pilot
bike

pie

knight

These words all have the long i’ sound.

Read the following words. Put the words into the correct column.

pie, light, fire, kite, night, nine, file, tie, tires, high, smile, cried, fries, sight, pine

ie i_e igh
 o o_e oa ow oe

bone
robot boat bow foot

These words all have the long ‘o’ sound.

1. Can you think of any words with the ‘o’ sound?

____________________________________________________________

2. Let’s add the magic ‘e’ to change the meaning of these words.

not not__
hop hop__
mop mop__
cop cop__
pop pop__
Do these words have a long ‘a’ or ‘o’ sound? Fill in the blanks.

n__te c__ke g__te

v__se c__ne w__ve

h__se r__se b__ne

____ ____ ____

____ ____ ____

____ ____ ____

 Short and Long ‘o’ Sound

1. Read each word and put them in the correct word shape.

Word List:

stop pot orange log boat cone

mop stone rope top
 u oo u_e ew ue
moon cube screw

unicorn

These words all have the long ‘u’ sound.

The long ‘u’ has two sounds – yoo and oo.

Read the 1 vowel word. Add “Magic E” to the word. Draw the new
word that you’ve made.
Read Write Draw
cub cube

tub

cut

run
 Short ‘u’ sound

Can you think of words with the short ‘u’ sound?

 Short Vowels

1. List down three words with the short ‘a’ sound.

2. List down three words with the short ‘e’ sound.

3. List down three words with the short ‘i’ sound.

4. List down three words with the short ‘o’ sound.

5. List down three words with the short ‘u’ sound.

 Long Vowels

1. List down three words with the long ‘a’ sound.

2. List down three words with the long ‘e’ sound.

3. List down three words with the long ‘i’ sound.

4. List down three words with the long ‘o’ sound.

5. List down three words with the long ‘u’ sound.