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.)

bake cake
play day
lazy baby
wait for train
raise maize
great steak They reign at the ballet with veils and bouquets.
Eight straight dahlias in gaols

we be
real beat
chief thief
meet in street
police piano
please tease
freeze cheese receive receipt
The people believe in the key to the league

hi-fi
my try
flies die
like to bite
bright light The island guide eyed the diamond in the aisle by the choir.
Why sign to either with dye?

no go
old gold
boats float
know the show The rogue chauffeur at the depot holds a mauve brooch on his shoulder.
Folk know, though, that her beau was a ghost in Cologne

emu menu
tuba music

new stew
rescue due
refuse to use You view Hugh's beautiful ewe.
There's a deuce of a feud over juice in lieu of a fugue.

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