Grade 2 ELA Practice Test: Vowel Teams and Long Vowel Sounds
- Vowel Teams and Long Vowels
- 10 questions
- 12 minutes
Ten questions on vowel teams (two letters that make one vowel sound) and long vowel sounds. Tip: a long vowel usually says its own name, like the a in day.
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Question 1
Which word has the long e sound spelled ee?
Correct answer: A
In green, the vowel team ee says the long e sound. Get and fresh have a short e.
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Question 2
Which word has the same vowel sound as boat?
Correct answer: B
Boat and snow both have the long o sound, spelled oa in one word and ow in the other. Shop has a short o.
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Question 3
Which word has the long a sound?
Correct answer: C
In tray, the team ay makes the long a. Trap, track and tram have the short a of cat.
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Question 4
Which word has the same vowel sound as pie?
Correct answer: D
Pie and light both have the long i sound. Little, lip and list have a short i.
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Question 5
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Which vowel team makes a word for something you wear on your foot?
Correct answer: B
With oo the word is boot, which you wear on your foot. Boat, beat and bait are real words, but they are not things you wear.
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Question 6
Which word has a short vowel sound?
Correct answer: C
Step has the short e of bed. Steam, stay and stone all have long vowel sounds.
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Question 7
Which word has the long u sound, as in cute?
Correct answer: A
In mule, the silent e makes the u long, like in cute. The other words have the short u of sun.
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Question 8
Which word rhymes with rain and uses the same vowel team ai?
Correct answer: D
Train rhymes with rain and is spelled with ai. Lane rhymes too, but it spells the long a with a and a silent e.
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Question 9
How many syllables are in the word rainbow?
Correct answer: C
Clap it: rain-bow. Each part has one vowel sound, so the word has 2 syllables, even though it has three vowel letters in two teams.
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Question 10
Which word has the long i sound spelled igh?
Correct answer: A
Night is spelled with igh. Nine and nice also have a long i, but they spell it with i and a silent e.
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