Let’s go through each word and decide if it has the
long O sound (like in “go” or “home”) or the
short O sound (like in “hot” or “dog”).
We’re looking for words with the
long /o/ sound — that’s the one that says its name, like “oh”.
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Step-by-step:
1.
short → sounds like “sh-ort” → short O
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2.
road → sounds like “rohd” → long O
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3.
short → same as #1 → short O
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4.
smell → no O sound at all → skip
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5.
fog → “fawg” → short O
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6.
drop → “drahp” → short O
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7.
blow → “bloh” → long O
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8.
flock → “flahk” → short O
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9.
home → “hohm” → long O
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10.
goal → “gohl” → long O
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11.
sock → “sahk” → short O
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12.
snow → “snoh” → long O
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13.
song → “sawng” → short O
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14.
throw → “throh” → long O
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15.
strong → “strawng” → short O
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16.
frog → “frawg” → short O
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17.
slope → “slohp” → long O
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18.
sob → “sahb” → short O
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Now let’s list only the ones with
long O sound:
✔ road
✔ blow
✔ home
✔ goal
✔ snow
✔ throw
✔ slope
That’s 7 words total.
Final Answer:
road, blow, home, goal, snow, throw, slope
Parent Tip: Review the logic above to help your child master the concept of mark the vowels worksheet.
