PHONICS. Short - Long vowels. week 10

PHONICS

SHORT AND LONG VOWELS

Short vowels

Short vowels are words that have one vowel, either at the beginning or berween two consonants. They do not have to finish in: y, nd, w or ght.

Example

A	E	I	O	U
ant	egg	ink	ox	us
cat	pet	lid	pot	bus

                                               

Long vowels

		A	E	I	O	U
Rule 1	When a word has two vowels, usually the first vowel says its name and the second vowel is silent.	Cane	Pete	bike	robe	mule
Rule 2	When there are two vowels together, usually the first vowel says its name and the second vowel is silent.	pail	tree	tie	soap	fruit
Rule 3	When there is one vowel but, the word finish in: y, nd, w or ght.	tray	key	Kind fight	snow

 Exercise                                                            Short vowels

Exercise                                                        Long vowel A