Lesson 14:
Long
O Sound
(boat, know)
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The long O can be found in English words such as: most,
vote, road, known, goat, hope, low, no, blow, and wrote.
The Long O sounds is
a long vowel sound. Long vowel sounds are
vowel sounds pronounced the same as the name of the letter. Each vowel has a
long vowel sound (Long A, Long E, Long I, Long O, Long
U).
In English, long vowel sounds are usually the easiest vowel sounds to learn.
There are five common ways to spell the long O
sound:
1. o_e
(o / consonant / silent e)
Say these words out loud (the long O sound is bold):
1) bone
2) smoke
3) phone
4) cone
5) wrote
6) whole
7) vote
8) choke
9) rope
10) home
2. ow
Say these words out loud (the long O sound is bold):
1) throw
2) row
3) blow
4) snow
5) bow
6) know
7) crow
8) glow
9) flow
10) show
3. oa
Say these words out loud (the long O sound is bold):
1) boat
2) moan
3) groan
4) oat
5) loan
6) loaf
7) toad
8) soap
9) oath
10) float
4. o (consonant / o / consonant)
Say these words out loud (the long O sound is bold):
1) hold
2) mold
3) folk
4) bolt
5) both
6) colt
7) fold
8) roll
9) holy
10) stroll
This spelling of the long O sound usually follows the format shown
below: consonant / o / consonant
However, it also includes words that end in O such as:
1) no
2) so
3) ago
4) go
5) zero
6) bingo
7) hello
8) disco
9) video
10) pro
Now say these sentences out loud (the long O sounds
are bold):
1) Both
of the colts ran home.
2) Throw the ball over the wall.
3) I will show you the video on my phone.
4) No, I will not go home with you.
5) The toad jumped on the road.
7) Hello! Do I know you?
8) Buy a loaf of bread and a bar of soap.
9) His boat will float in the ocean.
10) Please hold the rope.
Have you finished them all? Cool!
Well done! You have completed
the
Long O sound lesson.
Let's move on...