SHORT VOWELS

There are five vowels.

a e i o u

Most words in the English language contain at least one vowel.

1.Write the missing vowel in each word.

j___m p___n b___n z___p

b___d b____g w___g d__g

2.Change the vowel into the word to make a new word.

cat ____
 Long vowels with e

Say the word. Add letter e. Say the new word.

Can you hear a change in the vowel sound?

cap + e cape

The vowel in cap is a short vowel.

When we add e to this word, the first vowel becomes a long vowel.

1.Add e to the end of each word to make a new word.

cub cub___ not not__

kit kit__ plan plan__

2.Write words that ryme.

cake

m ______

r + ake ______

sh ______

bone

c _____

st + one _____

thr _____

3.Change one letter to make a new word.

race __ace bake b__ke

nose __ose fire fi__e

 Spelling patterns: sh, ch, th

Listen to sh, ch and th in these words.

sheep cheese thumb

1.Join sh and ch to the things that start with their sound.

sh ch

2.Write sh, ch or th at the end of each word.

fi___ bea___ too___ bru___

ru___ mo___ fini___ lun___

 Spelling pattern: tch

The ch sound is usually spelt as tch when it comes after a single vowel.

1.Add a vowel to each of these tch words.

c___tch k___tchen h___tch

m___tch n___tch p___tch

f__tch
 Word ending: ck

Listen to the sound of ck at the end of clock.

The “k” sound is spelt ck when it comes after a short vowel sound.

1.Complete the rhymes. Choose a ck word to write in each space.

sock clock stuck struck

Hickory Dickory Dock,

A mouse ran up the_____________.
The clock___________one,
The mouse ran down,
Hickory Dickory Dock,
A mouse chewed a hole in my__________.
My toe_______________out,
The mouse ran about,
Hickory Dickory Dock.

2.Read the ck words in the table below.

brick black check lock duck

sack sick truck peck sock
 Spelling patterns: k, nk

The “k” sound is spelt k rather than c when it comes before e, i and y.

kettle kitten spooky

1.Write e, i or y in each word.

spook___ k___ d k___tchup

k___nnel k___ng risk__

Listen to the sound of nk in drink.

2.Read aloud the nk words.

bank think junk link tank

stink shrink blink trunk sink
 Word endings: ff, ll, ss, zz

cliff well princess buzz

The double consonant in each word makes a single sound.

1.Write ff, ll or ss in each space.

Jack and Ji___ went up the hi___ .

The prince___ gave the frog a ki___.

I’ll hu___ and I’ll pu__ and

I’ll blow your house down!

 Vowel sound: ee, ea, ie, y – se pronunță “i”

Listen to the sound of ee in bee.

Listen to the same sound of ea in bead.

Listen to the same sound of ie in thief.

1.Think of three more words with ee. Write them below.

_______ ________ _________

2.Read these words aloud.

sleep piece knee see teeth

flea leave leaf peach chief

3.The letter y at the end of a word often makes an ee sound.

Add y to each word. Read aloud the words you have made.

ver___ happ___ sill___ funn___ sorr___

part___ sunn___ famil___ laz___ twent___

 Vowel sound: ai, ay se pronunță „ei”

Listen to the sound of ai in snail.

The ai sound is usually spelt ay at the end of the words.

Listen to the same sound of ay in play.

1.Use the letters below to write words that rhyme with snail.

m ________________

t ________________

n + ail ________________

tr ________________

s ________________

2.Write ai or ay in these words. Remember that ay is usually used at the end of

words.

tr___ tr___n tod___

aw___ afr___d a___

cl___ st___ p___nt

 Vowel sounds: ie, y, igh se pronunță “ai”

Listen to the sound of ie in pie.

Listen to the sound of y in fly.

Listen to the same sound of igh in high.

1.Write the rhyming words with y or ie.

fly cr___ t___

fr___ p___ sp___

tr___ wh___ l___

2.Write words that rhyme with knight.

n___ ___ ___ ___ sl___ ___ ___ ___

fl___ ___ ___ ___ br___ ___ ___ ___

l___ ___ ___ ___ m___ ___ ___ ___

r___ ___ ___ ___ s___ ___ ___ ___

3.Finish the sentences. Write a word with igh in each space.

My shoes are too t___ ___ ___ ___.

The train ride gave me a fr___ ___ ___ ___.

 Vowel sound: oa, ow, oe se pronunță “ău”

Listen to the sound of oa in boat.

Listen to the same sound of ow in yellow.

Listen to the same sound of oe in toe.

1.Match the words bellow with the correct pictures.

sparrow coat arrow moat elbow toast snowman coast

 Vowel sound: oo, ew, ue se pronunță “u”

Listen to the sound of oo in boot.

Listen to the sound of ew in new.

Listen to the the same sound of ue in blue.

1. Read these words aloud.

argue chew cool few flew glue

jewel moon rescue soon tissue zoo

2.Write a rhyming word in each space.

moon_______________

zoo_________________
 Spelling pattern: ar se pronunță “ar”

Listen to the sound of ar in scarf.

1.Write the letters bellow in the ar words in the table.

p ch m g y

far___ shar___ part___ mar___ ___arden

2.Use the letters below to write ryming words.

c p j d m f

___ark ___ar

___ark ___ar

___ark ___ar
 Spelling patterns: ow, ou se pronunță “au”

Listen to the sound of ow in owl.

Listen to the same sound of ou in mouse.

1.Read the rhyme aloud. Underline the ow and ou words.

“Watch out! called a cat

To a mouse by a tree,
“There’s an owl on the prowl.
Why not hang out with me?”

So the mouse jumped down

From his hiding place.
The cat pounced and mouse
Disappeared without a trace.

2.Write ow or ou in these words.

d___n f___nd br___n h___se

cl___n sh___r c___nt fl___er

v___el m___th s___nd t___n

 Spelling patterns: air, are, ear, ere se pronunță “eă”

These rhyming words all share the same sound but have a different spelling
pattern.

chair spare bear there

1.Write these words in the correct colum.

wear there repair pear stair scare where spare

air are ear ere

Some words sound the same but are spelt differently.

Where is my hat? I want to wear it to the match.

2.Circle the correct word to label each picture.

pear pair hair hare stair stare bear bare

 Spelling patterns: or, oor, aw, au, ore se pronunță “o”

1.Write or in these words.

t___ch f___k st___y st___m st__k

2.Say these words out loud. Circle the odd on out.

lawn dawn thorn

down corn yawn

3.Join up the rhyming words.

floor crawl sport caught draw

short snore taught law shawl

 Spelling patterns: er, ir, ur se pronunță “ă”

These words all share the same sound but have a different spelling pattern.

tiger bird turtle

1.Label the pictures. Then write the words in the table. Add one more word of
your own to each column.

sh___ m___ th___

p___ d___ t___

er ir ur
 Spelling patterns: wh se pronunță “u”, ph se pronunță “f”

Listen to the sound of wh in whale.

Listen to the sound of ph in elephant.

1.The labels are spelt wrongly. Write the correct word.

dolpin weel fone

2.Join each question to the correct answer.

Why might you use a camera? The whale

What do we call the letters a to z? A sphere

Which sea animal is the largest? To take a photo

What shape is round like a ball? White

What colour is snow? The alphabet