Long and short i sound words
Long Vowel Sounds: Word Lists & Activities
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In this post, I’m breaking down long vowel sounds (or long vowel words) to help you teach them when working with struggling readers and spellers.
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What is a long vowel sound?
Long vowel sounds are vowels that are pronounced the same as their name. You’ll often hear teachers say that long vowels “say their name”.
Long vowels are very common but they can be tricky because there are so many spellings for each long vowel sound.
There are actually 4 ways to make long vowel sounds:
- Vowels at the end of a syllable make the long sound. For example, in the words me and halo (ha-lo) the vowels are all at the end of a syllable so they make the long sound.
- Silent e makes the previous vowel long. The words bike and phone have a silent e at the end that makes the previous vowel long.
- Vowel teams can make the long sound. Vowel teams work together to make one sound, and usually, it’s a long vowel sound. For example, boat and meat both have vowel teams that make the long sound.
- I or O can be long when they come before two consonants. In words like cold and mind, i and o make a long vowel sound.
Long Vowel Words
Long vowel sound words are words that have vowels that say their name. Below are a few examples:
- Long a – baby, cake, rain, day, they, weigh
- Long e – me, eve, hear, meet, piece, candy
- Long i – silent, bike, light, my
- Long o – go, home, toe, boat, snow
- Long u – music, mule, pew, feud
Long A Sound
The long a sound can be represented by 8 different spelling patterns:
- a – baby
- a_e – cake
- ai – rain
- ay – play
- ei – reindeer
- eigh – weight
- ea – steak
- ey – they
Learn more about teaching the long a sound here, and check out my Long A Words Activities & Worksheets for printable activities.
Long E Sound
The long e sound can be represented by 8 different spelling patterns:
- e – be
- e_e – eve
- ee – meet
- ea – beach
- ei – protein
- ie – piece
- ey – key
- y – candy
For ideas, tips, and tricks when teaching the long e sound, read this post all about teaching the long e vowel sound, and check out my Long E Words Activities & Worksheets for printable activities.
Long I Sound
The long i sound can be represented by 6 different spelling patterns:
- i – silent
- i_e – shine
- ie – pie
- igh – light
- y – my
- y_e – type
You can learn more about teaching the long I sound in this post. And check out my Long I Worksheets set in my shop for printable activities on the long i sound.
Long O Sound
The long o sound can be represented by 5 different spelling patterns:
- o – go
- o_e – phone
- oe – toe
- oa – boat
- ow – snow
You can learn more about teaching long o words and check out my long o worksheets.
Long U Sound
The long u has two sounds: yoo (/y/ /oo/) and oo (/oo/).
The long u sound can be represented by 7 different spelling patterns:
- u – music
- u_e – mule
- ue – rescue
- eu – feud
- ew – few
- oo – food
- ou – soup
Learn more about teaching the long u sound here.
Tips for teaching the long vowel sounds
Teach one spelling pattern at a time!
I don’t mean one vowel sound, but just one spelling pattern. So for example, if you’re working on long a, you would work on the spelling pattern a silent e (cake, same, cave) until students have mastered it, then move on to ai, and so on. You should not be teaching multiple spelling patterns together, even though they make the same sound.
I know that most programs out there combine all the long vowel sound spelling patterns into one lesson, especially in spelling lists, but this does not work for struggling readers. You need to break it down for them and only do one at a time.
Teach the syllable types.
Because syllables have a lot to do with whether vowels make the short or long sound, if students do not already know the 6 syllable types then teach them along with the long vowel sound.
Here are resources for each syllable type:
- closed syllable
- open syllable
- final silent e syllable
- vowel team syllable
- r combination syllable
- consonant le syllable
Use a variety of activities to practice each spelling pattern.
Games, dictation, word sorts, memory or matching with flashcards, word hunts, textured writing, body spelling, and bingo are all fun ways to practice the long vowel sounds.
The main activity that is often overlooked is dictation. It seems so simple but the task involves listening to a word, deciding on the spelling, and transferring that info to written form. These are all skills that struggling readers need to practice.
Teach the spelling generalizations.
Some of the long vowel spelling patterns are spelling rules that make it easy to remember.
For example, ai is usually found at the beginning or middle of a syllable, and ay is usually found at the end of a syllable. [Examples: rain, aim, play, daytime]
Here is another example with long o: oa is usually found at the beginning or middle of a word, and ow is usually found at the end. [Examples: boat, coach, snow]
Long Vowel Word List
I made these word lists to help teach the long vowels. I find it handy to have these on hand when playing phonics games or planning activities for long vowel lessons.
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Delilah Orpi
Delilah Orpi is the owner and founder of Thrive Literacy Corner. She has a Bachelor's degree in Special Education, a Master's degree in TESOL, and is a member of the International Dyslexia Association. She is an experienced educator and literacy specialist trained in Orton Gillingham and Lindamood Bell. Delilah creates literacy resources for educators and parents and writes to create awareness about dyslexia and effective literacy instruction based on the science of reading.
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List of Short Vowel Words
The English language provides a list of short vowel words that seem to be never ending. A short vowel word is any word that doesn't allow the vowel within it to generate that vowel's long vowel sound.
List of Short Vowel Words
For example, the word "bug" is a short vowel word because there's no long "U" sound. A word doesn't necessarily have to have three letters to be a short vowel word, but it makes for the easiest example and three-lettered words make up the bulk of any list of short vowel words. Let's take a look.
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Short Vowel Sounds in Words
Here's the reason why words with only three letters typically make the short vowel sound. Three letters usually don't allow for a second vowel to force the long vowel sound out. Exceptions include words like "bee" or "tea."
These words use a second vowel to force the long vowel sound from the first one, while other words like "ant" or "mat" use the placement of consonants to force a short vowel sound.
But, here's an important point to keep in mind. The words listed below are short vowel sounds, not short vowel spellings. That is, just because a word is short, doesn't mean it will automatically have a short vowel sound. And vowel as written doesn't always correspond with the sound it makes. Take the word "pretty." The E is sounded like a short I, and the Y is sounded like a long E. Phonetically, it sounds more like "prit-tee," not "pret-tai."
Likewise, we can't assume a long word will automatically have a long vowel sound. Let's look at the word "business." The U and E in "business" are also sounded like a short I, and the I is silent altogether. Phonetically speaking, we don't pronounce it "buss-eye-ness." It's more like "biz-niss." With that in mind, let's explore more short vowel words, sorted by letter.
Short "A" Words
The short A sound is what you hear in words like "bat" or "map." Here are some other great examples of words with the short A sound.
act | apt | ask | bat | bad | bag | cat |
cap | cab | dad | dab | Dan | fan | fat |
fad | gap | gab | gal | gas | ham | has |
had | hat | jab | jam | lab | lad | lag |
lap | man | mad | mat | map | nap | pan |
Pam | pad | pal | ran | ram | rag | rat |
Sam | sad | sag | sat | sap | tab | tan |
tad | tag | tap | van | vat | yam | zap |
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Short "E" Words
The short E sound is what you hear in words like "gem" or "hem. " Here are some other great examples of words with the short E sound.
ben | bed | beg | bet | den | fed |
gem | get | gel | hen | hem | jet |
keg | led | leg | let | men | met |
net | pen | peg | pet | red | set |
ten | Ted | vet | yet | wed | wet |
Short "I" Words
The short I sound is what you hear in words like "dim" or "fib." Here are some other great examples of words with the short I sound.
bin | bid | big | bit | dim | did |
dig | dip | fin | fig | fit | gin |
gig | him | his | hid | hit | hip |
jib | jig | kin | kid | kit | lid |
lit | lip | nip | pin | pig | pit |
rim | rid | rig | rip | sin | sit |
sip | tin | tip | win | wit | zip |
Short "O" Words
The short O sound is what you hear in words like "con" or "nod. " Here are some other great examples of words with the short O sound.
bog | bop | con | cod | cog | cot |
cop | don | dog | dot | fog | god |
got | hog | hot | jog | jot | lob |
log | lot | lop | mob | mom | mop |
nod | not | odd | pod | pop | pot |
rod | rot | sod | Tom | tot | top |
Short "U" Words
The short U sound is what you hear in words like "bus" or "hum." Here are some other great examples of words with the short U sound.
bun | bum | bus | bud | bug | but |
cud | cut | cup | dug | fun | gun |
gum | Gus | gut | hum | hug | hut |
jug | jut | lug | mug | nun | nut |
pun | pug | pup | rub | run | rum |
rug | rut | sub | sun | sum | tug |
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Using Short Vowel Sounds
Though the above list of words with short vowels is incomplete, you can use it to understand the basic usage for the short vowel sounds. These short vowel sounds are often used in larger words as well. You might see them in words that also contain long vowel sounds, or even in two-lettered words, like "in," "it," and "at." Longer words, such as "magistrate" or "fascinate," use both short long vowel sounds.
Some words use the short vowel sound and the long vowel sound, depending on the tense of the word. Words like "read," for example, are pronounced as the long vowel sound when the tense is present. For example, "We are reading this list of short vowel words."
However, when the tense is changed from present to past tense, the long vowel sound is taken away and the short vowel sound is introduced in the same word. For example, "I read the list of short vowel words, and understand much better now."
Pronunciation Pros
If you're teaching short vowel sounds to little learners, practice makes perfect. If you're teaching ESL students, here are some tips and resources for teaching ESL pronunciation. And, when you're ready for the flip side of the coin? Take a look at these examples of long vowel words too. You might also want to explore when "y" is a vowel.
The longest words in the Russian language
The Russian language is considered quite difficult, compared, for example, with German or English, although Scandinavian languages are probably in the first place in terms of the degree of difficulty in pronouncing words.
There are many long words in it. If we talk about the longest, then in the Guinness Book of Records the longest word in the Russian language is declared "X-ray electrocardiographic" , it has 33 characters. It was the record of 1933. And in 2003 it was replaced by a word of 35 characters - "highly contemplative" .
Chemistry is a storehouse of the longest words
Although their leadership is formally recognized, in analytical chemistry there are simply huge names of substances, since they are built according to a certain scheme. For example, the adjective "tetrahydropyranylcyclopentyltetrahydropyridine" consists of 55 letters. Or "methoxychlorodiethylaminomethylbutylaminoacridine" - 44 characters.
Another example: the prefix "great-" can be used in a concept that indicates the degree of relationship, many times - "greatgreatgreatgreatgreatgreatgreatgreatgreatgrandfather" . Theoretically, this word can be stretched indefinitely. Word formations from numerals that denote certain quantities can also be extremely long: “thousand nine hundred and seven six centimeter networks” - 43 characters. However, regarding all these examples, philologists are still arguing whether to consider them the longest words in the Russian language. They are not universally used, and the possibility of making endless designs distinguishes them from the bulk.
The longest verbs and other parts of speech
If we talk about verbs, then the longest words are “re-examine” and “internationalize” , they contain 24 letters, if you form word forms with an ending from them, for example , "-ing" , then you get 25 letters. In the longest nouns - "misanthropy" and "excellency" - also 24 letters each - you can create word forms in the plural, and you get 26 letters (although the first word is not used in the plural). Among animate nouns, the most letters - 21 each - in words "eleventh grader" and "clerk" . The longest interjection recorded in Russian dictionaries is "physical education hello" .
We are used to the fact that prepositions and conjunctions are short words, but the word “respectively” falls out of the general row, it has 14 letters. The situation is similar with adverbs - there is only one long adverb "unsatisfactory" , consisting of 19 letters.
Some argue whether it is possible to consider nouns and adjectives with hyphens as the longest words in the Russian language, because they are “glued together” artificially, but still pay attention to them: in word "agricultural engineering" - 38 characters, and in "stubber-bulldozer-loader" - 31. Similar words include an adjective (although it is without a hyphen) "electrophotosemiconductor" - 28 characters and "water and mud peat paraffin treatment » - 29 characters. The longest food word formation - out of 38 characters - "bread sausage kindly productive" . The word is funny, but at the same time noted in an authoritative source - the spelling dictionary of the Russian Academy of Sciences (responsible ed. V. V. Lopatin).
The longest words in literature
If we recall classical literature, Nikolai Leskov has in one of his popular stories the word “in a wise way” . Interestingly, no one can reliably explain what it means - most likely, Leskov himself invented it.
Probably the longest abbreviation will also make an indelible impression on you: "NIIOMTPLABOPARMBETZHELBETRABSBORMONIMONKOH-OTDTEHSTROMONT" . We will not list the full name of this institute - it will take a whole paragraph. Imagine how difficult it was for the employees of this scientific institution to name their position or place of work if necessary.
An interesting fact - there is an extremely long word for phobia - the fear of just long words! It sounds like this: hippopotomomonstrosesquippedaliophobia (37 characters). By the way, this is actually a Latin term "hippopotomomonstrosesquippedaliophobia" , which is recognized as the longest word in the world.
The most difficult words
Many interesting facts can be found about the most difficult words in the Russian language. For example, it is generally accepted that three "e" are only in the word "long-necked" . Meanwhile, there is also snake-eater . You can also find words starting with “Y” in dictionaries - “Ytyk-kuyol” , “Ygyatta” , “Ynykchansky” and so on. All of them are difficult to pronounce due to unusual combinations of letters for us. There are plenty of other difficult-to-pronounce words in the Russian language. They are especially inconvenient for announcers or lecturers, whose job is just to pronounce texts aloud. In particular, these words include the words "benefited" , "preceded" , "participated" , "beneficial" , "Novodolashsky" . The words "euphemism" , "county palatine" , "pre-holiday" cannot be called simple either.
This is how it is - the Russian language, rich in long words.
Publication author: Ilya Katin .
Source: Livelib.ru
Abstract on the development of speech for the preparatory group on the topic "How the words sound. By the river"
- Guys, today we will talk about our speech.
- Guys, what do you think, from what is our speech?
-That's right, our speech consists of offers.
-A sentences are made up of words.
-Children, listen to how the words sound: umbrella, beetle, knives, mice, star (highlight sounds).
- Why do you think the words sound? From what are the words?
-That's right, the words sound because are made up of sounds. There can be many or few sounds in a word. In long words there are many sounds, they sound longer; watch me walk the word rise-pi-ta-tel. How many steps did I take?
-That's right, four.
-And now I will walk the word ball. How did I take steps?
- Correct one. This word is short because I took one step.
-Guys, you have stripes on your table, one is short and the other is short We will denote short words by short a stripe, and long words a long stripe. I will show pictures and you You will recognize whether the word is long or short.
For example: a girl is a house. What word long? What is the shortest word? (showing two pictures, children determine and show stripes). 4-5 pairs of pictures.
- Well done guys!
-Children, there is a sound clock in front of you, arrows are unusual. The short arrow points to the short word, and long arrow to long word. I found a long and a short word.
-Do you want to find on your watch short and long word (work with magic arrows).
Children stand in a semicircle.
Game: "Turn a short word into a long one"
- Guys, I suggest you play game called "Turn a short word into a long one." I will throw the ball, and you will turn a short word into a long one. For example: cat - cat, there are more sounds in the second word, so it has become longer.
-Is the task clear?
The game starts:
house - house
forest - forest mirror - pocket mirror
nose - spout
fence - fence
gnome - gnome
cat - kitty
table - table
rooster - cockerel
chair - high chair goat - goat
- Well done children. You got it right long words.
-
PHYSMINUTE: "AUTUMN LEAFERS"
Autumn leaves sit on branches,
Autumn leaflets say to children:
Aspen: "Ah-ah-ah." Rowan: " I-u-u ".
Birch: Oh-oh-oh. Oak: Oooh.
But there are other sounds that cannot sing, they hiss, rustle, rustle. They can't sing because they're interrupted lips, teeth, tongue. They are the ones who create the barrier. Hear how they sound: d, t, n, r, b, p, c.
- Let's say it like a dog growls "r".
-And like a mosquito sings? "z-z-z"
- Like the wind howling? in-in-in
-Like hail knocking? "d-d-d"
- How do the leaves rustle? "sh-sh-sh"
-Children, when you uttered these words, your teeth and lips. Sounds that cannot sing are called consonants and denoted in blue square. Find the blue square.
Listen to poem
A consonants agree
rustle, whistle, sniff,
But they don't want to sing.
W - noisy fallen leaf
S - sinister a whistle is heard
W - beetles in garden buzz
R - motors rumble.
Game: "Guess what the first sound in a word”
- Guys, do you want to play the game: “Guess which one is the first sound in a word? I will name the words, and if you hear a vowel sound, raise the red square, and if it is a consonant, then the blue square. (Show pictures). - Be careful.
- Bus (children raise the red square). Name the first sound. What is he? Indicated by what square?
- Well done guys, you correctly identified the first sound.
Now tell me, what sound does your name begin with? (children independently determine the first sound of their name, name the sound, determine what it is and what square is indicated).
FINGER GAME: "POLYANKA"
In the clearing, on the lawn,
We jump with all fingers on table
Bunnies jumped all day long.
The snakes crawled past,
Palms in turn creep like snakes
"C good morning!” they were told.
A then the kids came,
2nd and 3rd fingers "go"
Brought in bookcases.
Steel open books
Brushes spread out like books with palms
I write in notebooks.
palms up
Letter E and letter O
Writing finger on the table corresponding
We know we've been with you for a long time.
letters, the other hand lies palm down, at
I remember forever
desk
Together with Y and the letter A .
A last letter S ,
Wrote we are together.
Everything! Notebooks removed
Run 2 and 3 fingers on the table
I ran to dinner.
-Children. Dunno with his friends in the garden grew vegetables and fruits, but an evil wizard has bewitched them. They need help. Do you want to help to disenchant them (fruits and vegetables)?
-You must circle them point by point and color them. Need to paint over exactly in one direction (showing the pattern on the board).
-Now get to work (the dotted line shows one vegetable or fruit).
-What did Misha disenchant? What color pencil do you need color the fruit
-Look what beautiful vegetables and fruits Dunno and his friends.
- Anya, Polina, Pasha painted over very well. Carefully worked Semyon.
- Guys, what can we write Dunno about sounds?
-Do you know what sounds are? .
- Well done guys, you were attentive, answered questions.
Listen chronicle . What do you imagine when you hear these sounds? (water, river)
- How are you What do you think the topic of today's lesson is? (river)
Continue work on the topic river"
We will all go hiking
According to various rivers.
Learn how the river lives,
And what for us she gives
How to be friends with a person
- What do you know about the river? What and who can be seen on the river?
River, small river, river,
you came from afar.
What were you doing in way,
Before here come?
In a spring with one tit
I shared water.
And then - with blooming garden,
And then - with huge garden.
Whole city evening
I got drunk seagull,
And then off the coast
lulled fry.
- How formed river? - How what is the name of the birthplace of the river? (source)
Tributaries, mouth .
- Everyone a man has his own homeland, the place where he was born, like a spring by a river.
These words similar. Rodina-spring
Man is born, matures, gains strength - as River
People are all different: some are quiet, calm, others are mobile, energetic.
Rivers too different: small rivers, huge rivers,
calm, noisy.
- Pick up suitable words for these rivers . (group work)
There are rivers flat (calm, quiet),
mountain (noisy, bubbling)
-People have its name and the river has its own name.
(The ball is thrown student - children name the rivers)
- What are the names rivers you know? What rivers flow in our area?
Proverbs about water:
In one water two never go in.
Not knowing the ford, don't go into the water.
-Like a person uses the river?
People on the Volga built huge dams.
On the river there are many power plants that provide people with electricity.
Walk along the Volga large steamships - passenger and cargo.
Fishing.
-Why Can't drink water from the river?
Fairy tale about river. ( girl in a suit)
- How we can help river?
Rivers - great our wealth. They must be protected from pollution by oil, industrial and household waste. And in order for the rivers to be full-flowing, it is impossible to cut down on them banks of trees and shrubs.
-How are you understand the meaning of the word DANGEROUS river
( RULES BEHAVIOR ON THE WATER)
- Where met the phrase Living water?
- Heard name HOLY water?
- What do you know about holy water?
In January, in feast of the Epiphany of the Lord, ice-holes are made on the rivers.