LONG VOWELS

LONG VOWELS

In this chapter I learnt about the long vowel sounds have more complicated spelling patterns and more exceptions than short vowel sounds. Words that end with a silent e, such as bake, lone or mule, often produce longer sounds. Another common spelling pattern for long vowel sounds is two vowel sounds placed together, for example: root, oaf or through. I believe many long vowel sounds also occur when there is one vowel at the end of words, such as do, why or go. Many o or i sounds followed by two or more vowels, such as cold or might, also produce long vowel sounds.