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Flashcard 1: Which option has a long vowel sound: "rob" or "robe"?
Answer: robe. Silent e makes the o long (say its name).
Flashcard 2: Identify the vowel sound in "slide": long i or short i?
Answer: long i. Silent e makes the i long (sounds like eye).
Flashcard 3: Identify the vowel sound in "slid": long i or short i?
Answer: short i. CVC pattern makes the i short (sounds like ih).
Flashcard 4: Choose the word with a short vowel sound: "plan" or "plane"?
Answer: plan. CVC pattern keeps the a short in plan.
Flashcard 5: Choose the word with a long vowel sound: "rid" or "ride"?
Answer: ride. Silent e in ride makes the i long (say its name).
Flashcard 6: What does a final silent e usually do to the vowel in a one-syllable word?
Answer: It usually makes the vowel long (say its name). Silent e changes the vowel from short to long sound.
Flashcard 7: What spelling pattern most often signals a short vowel in one syllable?
Answer: The CVC pattern, as in cat, bed, pin, hop, sun. Consonant-Vowel-Consonant pattern keeps the vowel short.
Flashcard 8: What spelling pattern most often signals a long vowel in one syllable?
Answer: The silent-e pattern (VCe), as in cap→cape. Silent e at the end makes the vowel before it say its name.
Flashcard 9: What is a long vowel sound in a one-syllable word?
Answer: The vowel says its name in words like cake, these, bike, rope, cute. Long vowels sound like their letter names (A, E, I, O, U).
Flashcard 10: What is a short vowel sound in a one-syllable word?
Answer: The vowel says its sound in words like cat, bed, pig, hot, sun. Short vowels make their basic sounds, not their letter names.
Flashcard 11: Which word has a long u sound: "cub" or "cube"?
Answer: cube. Silent e makes u say its name like "you."
Flashcard 12: Which word has a long e sound: "pet" or "Pete"?
Answer: Pete. Silent e makes e say its name like "E."
Flashcard 13: Which option has a long a sound: "cap" or "cape"?
Answer: cape. The silent e makes the a say its name.
Flashcard 14: What is the spelling pattern name for words like "cake" and "bike"?
Answer: CVCe (silent e) pattern. This pattern has a consonant, vowel, consonant, then silent e.
Flashcard 15: Which word has a short vowel sound: "cut" or "cute"?
Answer: cut. CVC pattern keeps the u short in "cut."
Flashcard 16: Which word has a long vowel sound: "not" or "note"?
Answer: note. Silent e makes the o long in "note."
Flashcard 17: Choose the word with a short vowel sound: "rid" or "ride"?
Answer: rid. CVC pattern keeps the i short in "rid."
Flashcard 18: What does the silent e usually do in a one-syllable CVCe word?
Answer: It makes the first vowel long; the e is silent. The e doesn't make a sound but changes the vowel before it.
Flashcard 19: Which spelling pattern most often signals a long vowel: CVC or CVCe?
Answer: CVCe. The silent e at the end makes the vowel say its name.
Flashcard 20: Which spelling pattern most often signals a short vowel: CVC or CVCe?
Answer: CVC. Consonant-Vowel-Consonant pattern keeps vowels short.
Flashcard 21: Which option has a long i sound: “rid” or “ride”?
Answer: ride. Silent e makes the i say its name /aɪ/.
Flashcard 22: Which option has a short i sound: “rid” or “ride”?
Answer: rid. CVC pattern makes the i sound like /ɪ/ as in igloo.
Flashcard 23: Identify the vowel sound in “pet”: long e or short e?
Answer: short e. CVC pattern keeps the e short like /ɛ/ as in egg.
Flashcard 24: Which spelling pattern most often signals a short vowel in a one-syllable word: CVC or CVCe?
Answer: CVC. Consonant-Vowel-Consonant pattern keeps vowels short.
Flashcard 25: What is the definition of a long vowel sound in a one-syllable, regularly spelled word?
Answer: A vowel sound that says its name (example: a in cake). Long vowels sound like their letter names (A, E, I, O, U).
Flashcard 26: Which option has a short u sound: “tub” or “tube”?
Answer: tub. CVC pattern makes the u sound like /ʌ/ as in umbrella.
Flashcard 27: Which option has a long o sound: “hop” or “hope”?
Answer: hope. Silent e makes the o say its name /oʊ/.
Flashcard 28: Which option has a short o sound: “hop” or “hope”?
Answer: hop. CVC pattern makes the o sound like /ɒ/ as in octopus.
Flashcard 29: Which option has a long a sound: “cap” or “cape”?
Answer: cape. Silent e makes the a say its name /eɪ/.
Flashcard 30: What is the definition of a short vowel sound in a one-syllable, regularly spelled word?
Answer: A vowel sound that does not say its name (example: a in cat). Short vowels make their quick, clipped sounds.