Spelling Long Vowel Sounds: Foundation (Year 1) | CGP Plus - Free Printable

Let's solve this "Spelling Long Vowel Sounds" worksheet step by step. The task is to circle the correct spelling for each word based on the picture provided.

We’ll go through each row and column, identify the correct spelling, and explain why it’s correct (focusing on long vowel sounds).

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🔹 Row 1

1. Snail
- Options: snail, snale, snayl
- ✔ Correct: snail
- Explanation: The word "snail" has a long 'a' sound, spelled with "ai".

2. Tray
- Options: tray, trae, trai
- ✔ Correct: tray
- Explanation: "Tray" uses "ay" to make the long 'a' sound.

3. Gate
- Options: gait, gate, gayt
- ✔ Correct: gate
- Explanation: "Gate" has the long 'a' sound spelled with "a-e" pattern.

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🔹 Row 2

4. Feet
- Options: feet, feat, fiet
- ✔ Correct: feet
- Explanation: "Feet" uses "ee" to make the long 'e' sound.

5. Leaf
- Options: leef, leaf, lief
- ✔ Correct: leaf
- Explanation: "Leaf" has the long 'e' sound, spelled with "ea".

6. Field
- Options: feeld, feald, field
- ✔ Correct: field
- Explanation: "Field" uses "ie" to make the long 'i' sound.

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🔹 Row 3

7. Bike
- Options: biek, bighk, bike
- ✔ Correct: bike
- Explanation: "Bike" has the long 'i' sound, spelled with "i-e".

8. Pie
- Options: pie, pigh
- ✔ Correct: pie
- Explanation: "Pie" uses "ie" for the long 'i' sound.

9. Light
- Options: liet, light, lite
- ✔ Correct: light
- Explanation: "Light" has the long 'i' sound, spelled with "igh".

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🔹 Row 4

10. Bone
- Options: boan, bown, bone
- ✔ Correct: bone
- Explanation: "Bone" uses "o" in a short vowel pattern, but here it's pronounced with a long 'o' sound? Wait — actually, "bone" has a long 'o' sound, spelled with "o" followed by a consonant and then "e" (silent e). So "bone" is correct.

- Note: "boan" and "bown" are not real words. So bone is correct.

11. Snow
- Options: snoa, snow, snoe
- ✔ Correct: snow
- Explanation: "Snow" uses "ow" to make the long 'o' sound.

12. Boat
- Options: boat, bowt, bote
- ✔ Correct: boat
- Explanation: "Boat" uses "oa" to make the long 'o' sound.

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🔹 Row 5

13. Glue
- Options: gloo, glue, glew
- ✔ Correct: glue
- Explanation: "Glue" uses "ue" to make the long 'u' sound.

14. Spoon
- Options: spoon, spune, spewn
- ✔ Correct: spoon
- Explanation: "Spoon" uses "oo" to make the long 'oo' sound.

15. Flew
- Options: floo, flue, flew
- ✔ Correct: flew
- Explanation: "Flew" is the past tense of "fly", and although it sounds like "flō", the spelling is flew. But wait — let's check the pronunciation:

- Actually, "flew" is pronounced /fluː/, which is a long 'u' sound. It's spelled with "ew".
- "Flue" is a different word (like a chimney), also pronounced /fluː/.
- But in this context, the image shows an airplane, so the word should be "flew" (as in "The plane flew").
- However, both "flew" and "flue" have the same pronunciation. But since the image is of a plane flying, the intended word is "flew".

✔ So flew is correct.

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✔ Final Answers (Correct Spelling for Each):

| Image | Correct Spelling |
|------|------------------|
| Snail | snail |
| Tray | tray |
| Gate | gate |
| Feet | feet |
| Leaf | leaf |
| Field | field |
| Bike | bike |
| Pie | pie |
| Light | light |
| Bone | bone |
| Snow | snow |
| Boat | boat |
| Glue | glue |
| Spoon | spoon |
| Flew | flew |

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📌 Summary:

- This worksheet focuses on long vowel sounds using common spelling patterns: -ai, -ay, -a-e, -ee, -ea, -ie, -igh, -oa, -oo, -ue, -ew.
- The key is matching the picture with the correct spelling that matches the pronunciation and standard English spelling rules.

✔ Final Answer: Circle these words:

- snail
- tray
- gate
- feet
- leaf
- field
- bike
- pie
- light
- bone
- snow
- boat
- glue
- spoon
- flew

These are the correct spellings for each image.