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Vowel Sounds Worksheet — Long Vowels (Free PDF)

Write & read practice for all 5 long vowel sounds.

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The five long vowel sounds across their most common spellings on one page each — so a child sees that cake, rain and they share a sound.

What’s inside

  • An instructions page.
  • Long A: c-ake, l-ake, r-ain, v-eil, th-ey, st-eak. Long E: f-eet, s-eed, b-each, ch-ief, receive, k-ey.
  • Long I, Long O and Long U pages in the same mixed-spelling layout.

Every word in this PDF (26)

Handy for checking the list fits your child before printing, or for making your own games.

cake, veil, lake, they, rain, steak, chief, seed, beach, key, these, bike, pie, kite, find, night, bone, snow, home, boat, toe, cute, flew, mule, human, blue

How to use it

  1. Read the page title and say the long vowel — it says its own name.
  2. Blend and write each word, then underline the letters that make the long sound.
  3. Sort the page's words by spelling on scrap paper.
  4. Some spellings (ei, ey) are rare — teach them as a small group of their own.

Who it’s for

Ages 6–7, in Stage 5 and beyond.

Where it fits: Stage 5 — Vowel Teams & Tricky Words

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  • 92 step-by-step lessons, SATPIN first
  • Big flashcards to show your child
  • Games, checkpoints and progress for every sound

For little ones (2–6) there’s also our sound-play game on iPhone & iPad and Android.