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Unit 7, Part 1: Spelling the long vowel sounds

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Spelling the long vowel sounds

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a e i o u
 
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Think back - help with spelling rules The long vowels are those you hear at the start of these words:

Learning words with long vowel sounds
ape
Learning words with long vowel sounds
evening
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ice-cream
Learning words with long vowel sounds
oval
long vowel sounds - learning vowels
unicorn

Often, dictionaries will use a macron above the letter to mark the long vowels:

ā ē ī ō ū

You can spell each long vowel sound in a number of ways.

This unit deals with the main ways of spelling each of these.

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