LONG AND SHORT VOWELS Grade 2 Jessica Holland

Long Vowels Long vowels “say their name”. Long vowels sound very similar to the name of the vowel. Long vowels are represented by a macron. (ō,ē,ī,ū)

Short Vowels Short vowels do not say their name and do not sound like the name of the vowel. Short vowels are normally represented in between two consonants. Short vowels are represented with a breve. (í,é,á,ó)

Examples of Long Vowels Boat Day Me Eat Sea Bone Bee Pie

Examples of Short Vowels Cup Bed Dig Fun Dog Run Sad Jam Fan Tin

Story Time Jack and Jill went up the hill, To fetch a pail of water; Jack fell down, and broke his crown, And Jill came tumbling after.

QUESTION #1 Line #2 from the previous story says “to fetch a pail of water”, from this line what word has a long vowel sound? Fetch Water To Pail

WRONG Fetch has a short E. GO TO THE NEXT QUESTION

WRONG Water has a short A and short E. GO TO THE NEXT QUESTION

WRONG To has a short O. GO TO THE NEXT QUESTION

CORRECT! Pail has a long A sound. The A says its name. GO TO THE NEXT QUESTION

QUESTION #2 “Jack fell down and broke his crown, and Jill came tumbling after”… Does the name Jill have a short or long vowel sound? SHORT LONG

WRONG The name Jill has a SHORT vowel sound. The letter “I” does not say its name. GO TO THE NEXT QUESTION

CORRECT! The name Jill has a short vowel sound! It has a short “I”. GO TO THE NEXT QUESTION

QESTION #3 “to fetch a pail of water, Jack fell down and broke his crown…” within this part of the story, what word has a long vowel sound? Broke Fell His Down

CORRECT! Broke has a long vowel sound. The O says its name. GO TO THE NEXT QUESTION

WRONG The word fell has a short vowel sound. The E is a short vowel. GO TO THE NEXT QUESTION

WRONG The word his has a short vowel sound. The ‘I’ is a short vowel. GO TO THE NEXT QUESTION

WRONG The word down has a short vowel. The “o” does not say its name. GO TO THE NEXT QUESTION

QUESTION #4 “Jack fell down and broke his crown and Jill came tumbling after”…. What are two words that have a short vowel sound? Came Tumbling After Broke

WRONG Came has a long vowel sound. It has a long “a” sound. GO TO THE NEXT QUESTION

WRONG Broke has a long vowel sound. The “o” is a long vowel. GO TO THE NEXT QUESTION

CORRECT! The word tumbling has a short “u” in it. This word also has a short “I”. GO TO THE NEXT QUESTION

CORRECT! The word after has a short vowel sound. The “a” is a short vowel and so it the “e”. GO TO THE NEXT QUESTION

QUESTION #5 Does the word “fetch” have a long or short vowel sound? Long Short

WRONG The word fetch has a short “e” sound. The “e” does not say its name.

CORRECT! The word fetch has a short vowel sound! The short vowel is “e”.

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