Vowels

Question 1

o

Answer 1

short vowel sound as in odd or top

Question 2

u

Answer 2

short vowel sound as in up or cut

Question 3

e

Answer 3

short vowel sound as in ed or pet

Question 4

a

Answer 4

short vowel sound as in at or tap

Question 5

i

Answer 5

short vowel sound as in it or fit

Question 6

ir

Answer 6

r as in sir or first

*i is an “r controlled vowel”–the letter r changes the sound of the vowel and er, ir, and ur all sound like “r”!

Question 7

er

Answer 7

r as in her or verse

*e is an “r controlled vowel”–the letter r changes the sound of the vowel and er, ir, and ur all sound like “r”!

Question 8

ur

Answer 8

r as in hurt or burn

*u is an “r controlled vowel”–the letter r changes the sound of the vowel and er, ir, and ur all sound like “r”!

Question 9

ar

Answer 9

ar as in car or art

*ar is another r controlled vowel and should be taught with, or soon after, the er, ir, ur

Question 10

or

Answer 10

or as in for or port

*or is another r controlled vowel and should be taught with, or soon after, the er, ir, ur

Question 11

ee

Answer 11

ee is a long sound where the letter e signals the first vowel to say it’s alphabet name such as in bee or Pete

Question 12

ea

Answer 12

ea is a long vowel sound where the letter a signals the first vowel to say it’s alphabet name such as in eat or meat
*when 2 vowels go walking, the first one does the talking

Question 13

oa

Answer 13

oa is a long vowel sound where the letter a signals the first vowel to say it’s alphabet name such as in eat or meat
*when 2 vowels go walking, the first one does the talking

Question 14

ou

Answer 14

ou as in out or shout

*the letters ou are generally seen in the middle of words rather than at the end such as in pout, about, shout

Question 15

au

Answer 15

au as in august or haul

*the letters au are generally seen in the initial position or middle of words such as in august, auger, paul

Question 16

ae

Answer 16

ae is a long vowel sound where the letter e signals the first vowel to say it’s alphabet name such as in ate or same
*when 2 vowels go walking, the first one does the talking

Question 17

oe

Answer 17

oe is a long vowel sound where the letter e signals the first vowel to say it’s alphabet name such as in toe or home
*when 2 vowels go walking, the first one does the talking

Question 18

oy

Answer 18

oy as in toy or oyster

*the letters oy are generally seen at the end of words such as in toy, ploy, boy

Question 19

aw

Answer 19

aw as in saw or awful

Question 20

ai

Answer 20

ai is a long vowel sound where the letter i signals the first vowel to say its alphabet name such as in aim or sail
*when 2 vowels go walking, the first one does the talking

Question 21

oi

Answer 21

oi as in oil or coil

*the letters oi are generally seen in the middle of words such as in foil or moist

Question 22

ow

Answer 22

ow as in owl or cow

Question 23

oo

Answer 23

oo as in the words ooze or zoo

*2 O’s can also say the vowel sound in “foot” which can be taught later and applied to real words

Question 24

ie

Answer 24

ie is a long vowel where the letter e signals the first vowel to say its alphabet name such as in pie or pipe
*when 2 vowels go walking the first one does the talking

Question 25

ue

Answer 25

ue is a long vowel where the letter e signals the first vowel to say it’s name such as in cue or cute
*when 2 vowels go walking the first one does the talking