Short & Long Vowels — Answer Key
Part A: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1. The sky was a bright blue color today.
Blue uses the ue vowel team at the end, where u makes the long-u sound and e stays silent.
2. I got a new pair of shoes for school.
New uses the ew vowel team, where the long-u sound is spelled with e and w working together.
3. I drank juice from a paper cup.
Cup is a CVC word with one u between consonants, so the vowel makes the short-u sound like in bug.
4. A little bug crawled on the leaf.
Bug is a CVC word where u stays short because no silent e or vowel team follows the single vowel.
5. I used sticky glue to fix the paper.
Glue uses the ue vowel team, a common way to spell the long-u sound at the end of a word.
6. The bird flew high above the trees.
Flew uses the ew vowel team, showing that long-u can be spelled with e and w at a word end.
7. My dog likes to chew on a bone.
Chew ends in ew, a common spelling of the long-u sound, also seen in words like new and grew.
8. I can run fast when I race my friend.
Run is a CVC word where u stays short because it is the only vowel between two consonants.
9. The teacher gave us a clue to help solve the puzzle.
Clue uses the ue vowel team, one of the main spelling patterns for the long-u sound at a word end.
Part B: Matching
Match each item on the left to the correct answer on the right.
1. Match each item to its correct answer.
blue
→ long-u with ue team
long-u with ue team
cup
→ short-u CVC drink holder
short-u CVC drink holder
new
→ long-u with ew team
long-u with ew team
bug
→ short-u CVC insect
short-u CVC insect
Blue shows the ue long-u team, cup is short-u CVC, new shows the ew long-u team, and bug is a short-u CVC word.