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Vowel Sounds and Reading Exercises

This document provides a series of phonics exercises involving words with various vowel and consonant sounds. It includes lists of words to read containing sounds like long u, oo, ea, ie, y, ai and ay. It also includes short stories that incorporate words from the lists to practice reading. The stories include "The Boastful Gander" about a goose named Gootsie who learns not to boast, and "Neal the Seal" about a seal named Neal who goes swimming in the deep green sea.
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Vowel Sounds and Reading Exercises

This document provides a series of phonics exercises involving words with various vowel and consonant sounds. It includes lists of words to read containing sounds like long u, oo, ea, ie, y, ai and ay. It also includes short stories that incorporate words from the lists to practice reading. The stories include "The Boastful Gander" about a goose named Gootsie who learns not to boast, and "Neal the Seal" about a seal named Neal who goes swimming in the deep green sea.
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Give the sound of each vowel.

Read the words in


each box. Start from top to bottom, then go from
left to right.
a e i o u
1. bag beg big box bug
2. bad bed bid boy bud
3. pat pet pit pot put
4. pan pen pin fox fun
5. lag leg lip log lux
6. mad Med mid mod mud
7. ham hem him hot hut
8. tan ten tin ton tug
9. man men miss moss mug
10. fat fet fit fog fun
Read the following phrases.
 men in the tent
 a cap on a cop
 pigs in a pit
the boy has a net
Words with sh
shell shot shed ship
shock shin shot
shut
shark shop shop
shall
hush dash wish
rush
wash dish fish
hash
mash hush cash dish
sash dash hush fish
wish cash bush wish
rash mash rush dish
Read the following
sentences:
1. The fish is on the
dish.
2. Sharon has a
yellow sash.
3. The shells are on
the shelf.
4. The men are in a
rush.
5. Shelly went to the
shop.
The Little Fish
Hush was a little fish.
He was a happy little fish.
One day, Hush saw a big
ship.
He went to the big ship.
He saw some pretty
shells. He saw some little
squids.
Then hush saw a big
shrimp.
The shrimp was very still.
Hush was happy.
He bit the shrimp.
Up, up he went!
Words with ch
chat Chop chin chest
chit check chill chess
chip chick chum Chuck
rich munch hunch bench
inch bunch punch quench
pinch lunch much ouch
[Link] will chop the fish.
[Link] rich man will pay in
cash.
[Link] had a bunch of
bananas for lunch.
Chat and the Fish
Chat, the cat, went to
the beach.
She saw a big ship.
She saw some shells.
Then she saw a fat fish.
“ I wish I could get
that fish,” she said.
She ran to catch the
fish.
But the fish hid in a
shell.
Chat was sad.
Words with L Blends
black blush clap clock
blot cluck clip
block
bless click clam
blank
flap flat sled slap
flit slum sled
flag
flip fled slam slid
glad plan cling blow

glass plus fling flow


glum plug sling flush
Read the followi sentences.
[Link] wants to get the
flag.
[Link] will pull the
flag.
[Link] will plant clam.
[Link] boys are glad.
[Link] clock is on the
shelf.
[Link] has a blank slip.
[Link] has a red clip.
8. The clock is black.
9. The water flow on the
floor.
10. Flor will blow the
horn.
Glenn’s Pet
Glenn has a pet cat.
It is a black cat.
He calls his cat
[Link] is a bad
cat.
He digs the plants.
He gets Glenn’s
club. He lets it roll
down the cliff.
Glenn gets mad.
Words with r blends
crab brag trash trim
brat truck trip
crab
brush tray trick
crib
crow fresh Cris drip
Fred Troy drop
crop
crash grass from draw
drum grow pray dress
bring grip drag drink
cram gram frog drill

Bricks in a Truck
Bruce had a green toy
truck.
Fred had brown and red
bricks.
Bruce and Fred played
together.
They put the bricks in a
truck.
Bruce pulled his truck.
Fred pushed it.
They ran fast.
Then, there was a crash!
“Ouch!” Bruce and Fred
fell flat on the dirty trash.
Words with s blends
skin smell stop spank
smug snap spin
skip
smash snag spot
skid
stock swift swim switch
swing swam swift
stick
stiff swing swat swell
smell step smash stuff
spell spits spank stem
spill stop sniff stick
Read the following
sentences.
1. Fred will spin the
top.
2. Greg can spell
“swim”.
3. “Stop! Stop!”
shouted the cop.
4. Frank can smell
that stuff.
5. Spot can fetch the
stick for Clem.
Words with ai
rain main sail paid
pail pain wail stain
paid brain tail paint
maid train raid saint
laid grain maid mail
bait chain main jail
Words with ay
gay pay Fay gray
day May bay Kay
tray pray sway slay
ray way hay play
clay say lay spray
astray nay Jay stray
Read the following sentences.
1. “Ouch! I am in pain.
2. The cat bit the rat’s
tail.
3. Our maid can bake a
cake.
4. Those ships sail in the
sea.
[Link] paid twenty pesos for
a pair of socks.
6. Daddy and Jimmy are
both male.
[Link] sick old woman was
very pale.
8. Grandma told us an
old tale.
The Brave Sailor
Dave was a sailor.
He sailed in his ship all
day. One day, a storm
[Link] rained all day.
The wind blew hard.
His ship tossed with the
[Link] and down he
[Link] Dave was not
afraid. The big waves
[Link] away
from the ship.
The ship sank to the
bottom of the sea.
Sadly, Dave swam in
the sea.
When day came, the
storm was gone.
Dave felt the pain all
over his body.
He felt he was sinking
slowly.
Suddenly, there was a
splash!

And lo! Dave was on


top of the water.
He was sitting on top
of something.
He looked at it.
He was on top of a big
whale!
“You saved me, friend.
Thank you,” Dave said.
He swam away and
waved at the big whale.
He was safe at last.

Words with ie
pie vine lime hive
tie ride mine bite
tire bike side like
pipe kite mice pine
time rice wine fine
hide like dive line
wide smile polite five
ride shine alive fire
life swine arrive hire
Words with y
fry fly ply my
dry try sky by
cry why cry fly
dry shy shy try
my sky spy why
Read the following sentences.
[Link] are five slices of
pie on this side.
[Link] is ice in the glass of
wine.
[Link] hides behind the
vines.
[Link] likes his new bike.
[Link] bites his pipe.
[Link] white mice ate rice.
[Link] plane will fly up in
the sky.
[Link] did Mom bake a
pie?
[Link] will try to fly his
kite.
The Wise Little Fly
A little fly was looking
for food.
He saw a pine tree by the
lake.
“I will catch some bugs
there,” said the fly.
The little fly had stepped
into a white spider’s
web.
It was too late to get out.
“Let’s have lunch,” said
the white spider.

The little fly had to think


fast.“Oh, my friends are
out there. Can I invite
them, too? asked the fly.
“Very well, invite your
friends to come to my
house.”
The spider helped the fly
get his feet out of the
sticky web.
“Thank you, Spider, and
goodbye,” said the fly as
he flew away.
Words with ee
bee peep freeze cheese
see tree street green
fee free sneeze screen
pee feet queer breeze
tee fleet queen been
wee meet sleep seen
deer greet teeth keen
deep sweet sleet jeep
keep sweep geese seem
Words with ea
tea neat dream hear
pea seat stream lean
sea beach eat mean
meat cream beat rear
seal teach dean seam

Read the following sentences.


1. The queen bee is sleepy.
[Link] will help sweep the
leaves.
[Link] will freeze the meat.
[Link] will eat ice cream.
[Link] bees are on a leaf up
in the tree.
[Link] teacher will read
about the beast.
[Link] breeze will make you
sneeze.
[Link] sat on the front seat.
[Link] you hear the queen
scream?
10. The seal can squeak.
Neal the Seal
Neal is a seal.
He can stretch on the
beach.
He eats the little fresh
fish.
But Neal is sad.
“Why do you weep?”
asked Peachy, the
starfish.
“I can’t sleep,” says
Neal.“I am seasick.”
“I dream of the deep
green sea.”Swim with
me to the green sea,”
says Peachy, the starfish.
“Then you will never
feel sad.”
“Thank you,” says Neal.
Off they swim into the
deep green sea.
Neal is happy at last.

The long O Sound


bone home bore Coke
mole lone Rome stroke
pole rode Pope store
pope hope close woke
rope phone broke poke
tone cope choke dome
sole hole spoke mode
robe stole hone node
cone rose joke wove
Words with oa
road boat soak roast
soap load croak road
coat float cloak coat
toad coach coast soap
toast Boast throat loaf
loaf goat bloat goat

Come and hear the funny


jokes.
1. The Pope’s home is in
Rome.
2. I hope not to lose this
note.
3. The man with a robe rode
a horse.
4. The flag pole has a rope.
5. The goat met a toad.
6. The boat floats in the
lake.
7. The coach had a sore
throat.
8. Don’t soak the soap in
the soup.
Words with oo
good hook loose pool
food Look roof room
hood took cook tooth
tool nook shoot wood
stool moon booth wool
poor soon doom spoon
soon spoon fool goon
noon school hoof loose
book goose loom brook
Words with oe
Joe foes
toes tomatoes
doe potatoes
roe volcanoes
woe mosquitoes
Read the sentence below.
1. The good cook
served good food at
noon.
2. They sat on a wooden
stool in that room.
3. I read good books in
school.
4. The goose took a bath
in the cool brook.
5. We looked for the
tools for fixing the
floor.

The Boastful Gander


Gootsie was a good
looking gander. His
clean, white feathers
shone like silver in the
sun. Gootsie was a
boastful gander. Heloved
to show off and to boast
of his good looks. One
noontime, Gootsie and
the other geese waddled
and floated in the pond.
Gootsie teased and joked
the other [Link] other
geese hizzed noisily.
Gootsie hizzed and
sneezed. Soon he had a
sore throat. Gootsie
hizzed with his croaky
voice. The other geese
laughed at [Link]
felt sorry for himself.
A toad popped out of the
pond.
He sat on a big stone.
He raised his toe and
said, “God made us
different from one
another. He gave each
one a gift. But nobody is
perfect.”
Gootsie was never
proud again, even when
his sore throat was gone.
All the other geese
remembered what the
toad said.
The Sound of Long U
mule Cure mute prune
cube pure due tube
Sure hue huge
duke
flute Muse glue duke
Use sue cube
tube
huge acute blue mule
cute amuse acute tune
tune cube true muse
June luke sniff pure
Joe and His Mule
Joe has worked at the
circus for many [Link]
was an animal tr ainer.
Now, he was old. His
doctor has told him to
rest. But Joe wanted to
take Duke, the mule. Joe
and Duke had worked
together for many years.
They amused many
children. They had fun in
the circus.
Joe told his boss, Mr
Stone, “I want to buy
Duke, Mr. Stone,” said
Joe. “No, Duke is not
for sale,” said Mr. Stone.
Joe was sad. That night
he packed his things. He
went to the cage where
Duke slept. Suddenly,
the light was on! Joe was
surprised. Mr. Stone and
all his circus

friends were there.


Duke was there, too.
On his back was a big
sign! It read, “ To Joe,
the man who loved
duke”Mr. Stone had
given Duke to Joe as a
present.

The Sound of ng
king Dong lung willing
sing Bong song yelling
wing Gang gong helping
ring Bang swing bowing
Ding Dong KingKong looking
ping Pong Ping pong asking
Read the following:
[Link] king can sing.
2. Ging will ring the
bell.
3. Ching is swinging
King Ging was a
rich king. But he
was a selfish king.
King Ging has a
wishing ring. He
could wish
everything from
the ring, but not
one thing.
His wishing ring
couldn’t make him
[Link] Ging was
not happy.
One day, a
blue bird came
singing. “A selfish
king cannot sing.
Only a good king
can sing.”
“I will give
away anything, if
only I could sing,”
said the King.
King Ging
became a good
king. Now he can
sing and sing.
The Sound of nk
ink dunk link tank
sink bunk rink bunk
wink pink stink pink
tank junk kinky junk
bank tank Dinky tank
skunk sank chunks sank
Read the following:
[Link] gets two
pink roses from
the guys who
wink at her.
2. The silver sink is
full of black ink.
[Link] piggy bank
sank under the
sea.
4.A gray tank is in
the river bank.
5.A skunks smells
like a rotten junk.
The Sound of ck
pick lock quick quick
sick sock quack cock
lick duck black sack
tick back Dick kick
tock suck Nick check
clock chick Erick block

Read the following:


1. The cat lick the
dish.
2. Dick kicks the
can of milk.
3. Ricky picks up
the pink socks.
4. Nick will lock
the chapel.
5. They will fetch
Chuck and
Chinky.
6. The clock says
“tick-tock”.
7. Rick checks his
Math exam.
Read thefollowing:
1. A tube of paste
2. A cute mule
3. something huge
4. some ice cubes
5. Dave can hum a
sweet tune.
6. The kitten is very
cute.
7. Mom needs
some ice cubes.

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