Long And Short U Words. The English vowels are A, E, I, O, & U. (Sometimes Y is a vowel, pronounced as if it were I. Sort the eight picture cards into two columns on this phonics worksheet: words that have a short-U sound and words with a long-U sound.
The words listed below are short vowel sounds, not short vowel. Shortly after teaching the letters and sounds of the alphabet we introduce the concept that some letters actually have two sounds. The English vowels are A, E, I, O, & U. (Sometimes Y is a vowel, pronounced as if it were I.
In this worksheet your child will draw a rectangle around the words that have a long U sound and an oval around the words that have a short U sound.
This type of syllable is called a closed syllable.
Sort the eight picture cards into two columns on this phonics worksheet: words that have a short-U sound and words with a long-U sound. The vowel digraph OO can make a long sound as in fOOd. The vast majority of English words containing "oo" that we didn't mention above are pronounced with a long [uː].