LITERACY LESSON 8.
The long vowels that sound like
A E I O U
A E I O
U
as in
Say,
mate......
See
me.......
Fly
high........
Go
slow....
New
tune
Long vowels as in A E I O U often have spellings
you don't expect.
In the Boat Song here letter
y
is used as in
'my
yabby
Here are the different spelling patterns for words with the sounds A E I O U.
Common spellings, less
common spellings and more uncommon spellings
(Remember the tip. It is not so
hard to read the uncommon spelling when you know what the vowel sound
is going to be.)
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bake cake
play day
lazy baby
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wait for train
raise maize
great steak
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They reign at the ballet with veils and
bouquets.
Eight straight dahlias in gaols
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we be
real beat
chief thief
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meet in
street
police piano
please tease
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freeze cheese receive receipt
The people believe in the key to the
league
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hi-fi
my try
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flies die
like to bite
bright light
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The island guide eyed the diamond in the
aisle by the choir.
Why sign to either with dye?
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no go
old gold
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boats
float
know the show
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The rogue chauffeur at the depot holds a
mauve brooch on his shoulder.
Folk know, though, that her beau was a ghost in
Cologne
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emu menu
tuba music
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new
stew
rescue due
refuse to use
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You view Hugh's beautiful ewe.
There's a deuce of a feud over juice in lieu of
a fugue.
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