Long Vowels Worksheet for identifying words with long vowel sounds.

Let's solve this step by step.

Task:

Circle the words that have long vowel sounds.

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What are long vowels?

In English, long vowels sound like their name:
- A as in "cake" → /eɪ/
- E as in "bee" → /iː/
- I as in "kite" → /aɪ/
- O as in "go" → /oʊ/
- U as in "cube" → /juː/

Long vowels often appear in words with:
- Silent 'e' at the end (like "cake", "hope")
- Vowel-consonant-e pattern
- Or in certain common combinations (like "ai", "ee", "oa", etc.)

Now let’s go through each word and identify which ones have long vowel sounds.

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List of Words:

We’ll go row by row and check each word:

1. steal → "ea" makes a long e sound → ✔
2. spin → short i → ✘
3. scheme → "ee" = long e → ✔
4. sand → short a → ✘
5. chose → "o" is pronounced /oʊ/ (long o) → ✔

6. smell → short e → ✘
7. clue → "ue" = long u (as in "you") → ✔
8. cost → short o → ✘
9. explain → "ai" = long a → ✔
10. quick → short u → ✘

11. clown → short o → ✘
12. gate → "a" + silent e → long a → ✔
13. tube → "u" + silent e → long u → ✔
14. mint → short i → ✘
15. quite → "ui" = long u → ✔

16. snow → "ow" = long o → ✔
17. funnel → short u → ✘
18. soon → "oo" = long oo (same as long u) → ✔
19. plate → "a" + silent e → long a → ✔
20. toad → "oa" = long o → ✔

21. quack → short a → ✘
22. left → short e → ✘
23. slide → "ide" = long i → ✔
24. corn → short o → ✘
25. ramp → short a → ✘

26. stray → "ay" = long a → ✔
27. sight → "igh" = long i → ✔
28. smash → short a → ✘
29. alone → "a" + silent e → long a → ✔
30. friend → short e → ✘

31. car → short a → ✘
32. climb → "i" + silent e → long i → ✔
33. bed → short e → ✘
34. stump → short u → ✘
35. train → "ai" = long a → ✔

36. type → "y" at end = long i → ✔
37. ding → short i → ✘
38. sheep → "ee" = long e → ✔
39. plop → short o → ✘
40. pink → short i → ✘

41. boat → "oa" = long o → ✔
42. soup → "ou" = long o → ✔
43. late → "a" + silent e → long a → ✔
44. tape → "a" + silent e → long a → ✔
45. wet → short e → ✘

46. fort → short o → ✘
47. man → short a → ✘
48. fruit → "ui" = long u → ✔
49. dress → short e → ✘
50. mule → "u" + silent e → long u → ✔

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✔ Words with Long Vowel Sounds:

Here are all the words that should be circled:

- steal
- scheme
- chose
- clue
- explain
- gate
- tube
- quite
- snow
- soon
- plate
- toad
- slide
- stray
- sight
- alone
- climb
- train
- type
- sheep
- boat
- soup
- late
- tape
- fruit
- mule

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✔ Final Answer (List of Words to Circle):

> steal, scheme, chose, clue, explain, gate, tube, quite, snow, soon, plate, toad, slide, stray, sight, alone, climb, train, type, sheep, boat, soup, late, tape, fruit, mule

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