Lesson Twenty

The Four Long and Short Sounds

1. There are two different short sounds. You can hear the first one in the word duck. We write it this way: [u]. We call it short .

You can hear the second short sound in the word bull. We write it this way: . We call it short <oo>, which sounds like “short ooh”.

2. There are also two different long sounds. You can hear the first one in the word tuna. We write it . We call it long <oo>, which sounds like “long ooh.”

You can hear the second long sound in the word mule. We write this second long . We call it long <yu>, which sounds like “long you.”

3. Listen for the short and long 's in these words. Then sort the words into the four groups below:

5. Write two other words with [u]: __________

6. Write two other words with : __________

7. Write two other words with : __________

8. Write two other words with : __________

9. Write two words with [i]: __________

10. Write two words with [ī]: __________

11. Write two words with [o]: __________

12. Write two words with [ō]: __________