The letters a, e, i, o, u (and sometimes y) are called vowels. There are five vowels not counting the letter y. The other letters are called _____________.
consonants
The twenty-six letters in the alphabet are divided into ________ groups known as vowels and consonants.
two (2)
Each of the vowels has _____ main sounds. They are called long and short vowel sounds.
two (2)
In some words, such as hi, go, and she, the vowel comes at the ___ and says its own name.
end
When vowels say their own _______, we call them long-vowel sounds.
names
In such words as smack, drip, and trust, there is only one vowel and that vowel is in the _____ of the word.
middle
When there is only one vowel and that vowel is in the middle of the syllable, the vowel usually has a _____ sound.
short
The position of the single vowel in a word gives the reader a good idea as to its _______.
sound
When the only vowel in a syllable is at the end (as in the word he), that vowel usually as a _________.
long sound
Listen to the vowel sound in the words glide, scene, bone, snake, and cute. The first vowel in each of these words says its own ________.
name
Words that have e at the end are often called Magic E words. The letter e makes the ____ that comes before it says its own name.
vowel
Look at the words hope and hoping. The letter e at the end of the word hope is ______ before the ending -ing is added.
dropped
The letter o in the word hoping says its own name. The first vowels in the words taking, poking, and hiding also say their own names even though _______ has been dropped.
e
Words such as hoping and taking were Magic E words before the endings were added. They still keep the _______-vowel sound.
long
