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LONG VOWEL SOUNDS

LONG VOWEL SOUND RULE:

When a word has more than one vowel and it is with consonents OR at the beginning, the vowel sound will usually be long.

LONG VOWELS :

a,e,i,o,u

LONG VOWEL a:
EXAMPLE and IDENTIFICATION

train
game
tray
pay
jay
lake

CIRCLE the words that have the long vowel sound u :

Vase     sail    train    mail    lake    pat   jet


safe     day     may      say     pay    boat   pot


cape     vase    cake     mall     tray   hat   sat


hay     rain     pail     tape     cave   cat    mat

WRITE a in the blanks to complete the words with the short vowel sound a:


V----se     s----il    t----rin    m----il    l----ke   


s----fe     d----y     m----y      s----y     p----y    bo----t  


h----y     r----in     p----il     t----pe     c----ve   


c----pe     v----se    c----ke     m----ll     tr----y

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