Single Syllable Words Formed Using Key-Vowel-Sounds Of Three Or More Letters
Give your student the sound of each key-vowel sound or word. Then ask the student to read all the following words.
Abe – babe
ace – brace face grace lace mace pace place race space trace
ach – Bach mach
ache
ack – back black clack crack flack hack Jack knack lack Mack pack quack rack sack shack slack smack snack stack tack track wack whack wrack
act – fact pact tact tract
add
ade – bade blade fade glade grade jade lade made shade spade trade wade
adge – badge cadge Madge
afe – chafe safe
aff – chaff gaff quaff staff
aft – craft daft draft graft raft shaft waft
age – cage gage page rage sage stage wage
ague – vague
aid1 – braid laid maid paid raid staid
aid2 -said
aid3 – plaid
aide
aight – straight
ail – bail fail flail frail Gail Grail hail jail mail nail pail quail rail sail snail tail trail Vail wail
aim – claim maim
ain – brain Cain chain drain gain grain lain main pain plain rain slain Spain sprain stain strain train vain wain
aint – faint paint quaint saint taint
air – chair fair flair hair lair pair stair
aise – braise chaise praise raise
aisle
ait – bait gait strait trait wait
aith – faith
aive – waive
ake – bake brake cake drake fake flake Jake
lake – make quake rake take shake snake stake wake
alb
ald – bald
ale – bale dale gale hale male pale sale scale shale stale tale whale
alf – calf half
alk – balk calk chalk stalk talk walk
all – ball call fall gall hall mall pall small squall stall tall thrall wall
alm – balm calm palm psalm
alms
alp – scalp
Alps
alph – Ralph
alt – halt malt salt
alve – calve halve salve valve
amb – lamb
ame – blame came dame fame flame frame game lame name same shame tame
amp – camp champ clamp cramp damp lamp
ramp – scamp stamp tamp tramp vamp
amn – damn
ance – chance dance France glance lance prance stance trance
anch – blanch branch ranch stanch
and – band bland brand gland grand hand land sand stand strand
ane – bane cane crane Dane Jane lane mane pane plane sane vane wane
ang – bang clang dang fang gang hang pang rang sang slang sprang tang twang
ange1 – change mange range strange
ange2 – flange
ank – bank blank clank crank dank drank flank frank Hank lank plank prank rank sank shank shrank spank stank swank tank thank yank
Ann
ant1 chant grant pant plant rant scant slant
ant2 want
ape – cape crape drape gape grape nape rape scrape shape tape
apt – rapt
arb – barb garb
arc
arce – farce
arch – March parch
ard – bard card chard guard hard lard shard ward yard
are1
are2 – bare blare care dare fare flare glare hare mare pare rare scare share snare spare square stare ware
arf – barf scarf wharfarge – barge charge large Marge
ark – bark Clark dark hark lark mark nark park shark spark stark
arl – Carl gnarl snarl
arm – charm farm harm swarm warm
arn – barn darn warn yarn
arp – carp harp sharp tarp warp
arse – parse sparse
arsh harsh marsh
art – Bart cart chart dart mart part smart start tart wart
ase1 – base case chase vase
ase2 – phase phrase vase
ash1 – bash brash cash clash crash dash flash gash hash lash mash rash sash slash smash splash stash thrash trash
ash2 – squash wash
ask – bask cask flask mask task
asm – chasm plasm spasm
asp1 – hasp clasp gasp grasp rasp
asp2 – wasp
ass1 – bass brass class crass glass grass lass mass pass sass
ass2 – bass
ast – bast blast cast fast last mast past vast
aste – baste chaste haste paste taste waste
atch1 – batch catch hatch latch match patch scratch thatch
atch2 – watch
ate – crate date fate gate grate hate Kate late mate plate rate skate slate state
ath – bath lath math path wrath [ swath ]
athe – bathe lathe scathe swathe
aud – baud laud Maud
auge – gauge
augh – laugh
aught1 – caught naught taught fraught
aught2 – draught
aul – Gaul haul maul Paul Saul
ault – fault vault
aunch – haunch launch paunch staunch
aunt – daunt flaunt gaunt haunt jaunt taunt
ause – cause clause pause
auze – gauze
ave1 – brave cave crave Dave gave grave knave pave rave save shave slave stave wave
ave2 – have
awe
awk – hawk gawk
awl – bawl brawl crawl drawl shawl scrawl sprawl trawl yawl
awn – brawn dawn drawn fawn lawn pawn prawn spawn yawn
axe
aze – blaze braze craze daze faze gaze glaze graze haze laze maze raze
azz – jazz
each – beach bleach breach leach peach preach reach teach
ead1 – bread dead dread head lead read spread stead thread tread
ead2 – bead lead read knead plead
eaf1 – leaf
eaf2 – deaf
eague – league
eak1 – beak bleak creak freak leak peak sneak speak squeak streak teak tweak weak
eak2 – break steak
eal – deal heal meal peal real seal squeal steal teal veal wheal zeal
ealm – realm
ealth – health stealth wealth
eam – beam cream dream gleam ream seam scream steam stream team
ean – bean clean dean glean Jean lean mean wean
eap – cheap heap leap reap
eapt – leapt
ear1 – clear dear fear gear hear near rear sear shear smear spear tear year
ear2 – bear pear swear tear wear
earch – search
earn – learn yearn
earse – hearse
earth1 – dearth
earth2 – hearth
ease1 – please tease
ease2 – cease grease lease
eash – leash
east – beast feast least yeast
eat1 – beat bleat cheat cleat feat heat meat neat peat pleat seat teat treat wheat
eat2 – sweat threat
eath1 – breath death
eath2 – heath sheath
eathe – breathe sheathe wreathe
eave – cleave heave leave sheave weave
eaves
eaze – sleaze
ebb
eck – check deck fleck heck neck peck speck wreck
edge – dredge hedge ledge pledge sledge wedge
eech – beech breech leech screech speech
eed – bleed breed creed deed feed freed greed heed kneed need reed seed speed steed treed tweed weed
eef – beef reef
eek – cheek creek geek Greek leek meek peek reek seek sleek week
eel – creel feel heel keel kneel peel reel steel wheel
eem – deem seem teem
een1 – green keen peen preen queen seen screen sheen teen
een2 – been
eep – beep bleep cheep creep deep jeep keep peep seep sheep sleep steep sweep veep weepeer – beer cheer deer jeer leer peer queer seer sheer sneer steer veer
eet – beet feet fleet greet meet sheet skeet sleet street sweet tweet
eeth – teeth
eeze – breeze freeze sneeze squeeze tweeze wheeze
eft – cleft deft heft left theft
egg
eigh – neigh sleigh weigh
eight1 – freight weight
eight2 – height
eign – deign feign reign
eik – sheik
ein1 – stein
ein2 – rein vein
eir – heir their
eize – seize
eke
Elb
eld – held meld weld elf – self shelf
elk
ell – bell cell dell dwell fell hell jell knell Nell pell-mell quell sell shell smell spell swell tell well yell
elm – helm
elp – help kelp whelp yelp
elsh – Welsh
elt – belt dwelt felt knelt melt pelt welt smelt
elfth – twelfth
elve – twelve
elves – selves shelves
eme – scheme theme
emp – hemp temp
empt – kempt tempt
ence – fence hence whence
ench – bench clench drench French quench stench trench wench wrench
end – bend blend fend lend mend pend rend send spend tend trend vend wend
ength – length strength
ense – dense sense tense
ent – bent cent dent gent Kent lent rent sent scent spent tent vent went
enth – tenth
eorge – George
ept – crept kept slept swept wept
epth – depth
erb – Herb verb Serb
erch – perch
erd – herd nerd
ere1 – there where
ere2 – here mere sphere
ere3 – were
erf – serf
erg – berg
erge – merge serge verge
erk – clerk jerk
erm – berm Herm germ perm sperm term
ern – fern stern tern
err
erse – verse terse
ert – Bert Gert pert
erve – nerve serve swerve verve
ese – these
esh – mesh flesh fresh
esk – desk
ess – Bess bless chess dress guess less mess press stress tress
est – best blest chest crest Fest guest jest lest nest pest quest rest test vest west wrest zest
etch – fetch retch sketch stretch wretch
ete – Pete
eth – Beth Seth
eud – feud eve – Steve
ewe
ewn – strewn
eye
ibe – jibe bribe scribe tribe
ice – dice lice mice nice price rice slice spice thrice twice vice
ick – brick chick click Dick flick hick kick lick Nick pick prick quick Rick sick slick stick tick thick trick wick
ict – strict
ide – bide bride chide glide hide pride ride side slide snide stride tide wide
idge – bridge fridge midge ridge smidge
ied – died dried fried lied tried
ief – brief chief grief thief
ield – field shield yieldiend – friend
ierce – fierce pierce
ies – cries dies dries flies fries lies pies plies skies spies ties tries
iest – priest
ieve – grieve sieve thieves
iew – view
ife – fife knife life rife strife wife
iff – cliff miff skiff sniff stiff tiff whiff
ift – drift gift lift rift sift shift stift swift thrift
igh – high nigh sigh thigh
ight – blight bright flight fright knight light might night plight right sight slight tight
ign – sign
ike – bike dike hike like mike pike spike strike
ild – child mild wildile – bile file mile Nile pile rile smile stile tile vile while
ilk – bilk milk silk
ill – bill chill dill drill fill frill gill grill hill Jill kill mill pill quill rill shill sill shrill skill spill still swill thrill till trill twill will
ilm – film
ilt – gilt jilt hilt kilt quilt stilt tilt
wilt
imb1 – limb
imb2 – climb
ime – chime clime crime dime grime lime prime slime time
imp – blimp chimp crimp limp pimp primp skimp scrimp shrimp wimp
ince – mince prince since wince
inch – cinch clinch finch flinch pinch winch
ind1 – bind blind find grind hind kind mind rind wind
ind2 – wind
ine – brine dine fine line mine nine pine shine shrine spine swine tine thine twine vine wine whine
ing – bing bring cling ding fling king ping ring sing sling spring sting string swing thing wing wring zing
inge – binge cringe fringe hinge singe tinge twinge
ink – blink brink chink clink dink drink fink kink link mink pink plink rink sink slink stink shrink think wink
inn
int – flint glint hint lint mint print splint sprint squint stint tint
ipe – gripe pipe ripe snipe stripe swipe tripe wipe
irch – birch smirch
ird – bird gird third
ire – dire fire hire sire spire tire wire
irk – quirk shirk smirk
irl – girl swirl twirl whirlirm – firm squirm
irp – chirp
irst – first thirst
irt – dirt flirt shirt skirt squirt
irth – birth firth girth mirth
ise – guise rise wise
ish – dish fish swish wish
isk – brisk disk frisk risk whisk
isle
isp – crisp lisp wisp
iss – bliss hiss kiss miss Swiss
ist1 – fist grist list mist twist wrist
ist2 – Christ
itch – bitch ditch hitch pitch snitch switch twitch witch
ite – bite kite mite quite rite site sprite white write
ith – pith with
its
ive1 – chive dive drive five hive jive live str ive thrive
ive2 – live
ize – prize size
oach – broach coach poach roach
oad1 – goad load road toad
oad2 – broad
oaf – loaf
oak – cloak croak soak
oal – coal foal goal shoal
oam – foam loam roam
oan – Joan groan loan moan oap soap
oar – boar roar soar
oast – boast coast roast toast
oat – boat bloat coat float goat gloat moat shoat throat
oath – loath
oathe – loathe oax coax
obe – globe lobe robe probe
ock – block chock clock crock dock flock frock hock jock knock lock mock rock sock shock smock stock
odd – Todd
ode – code lode mode node rode strode
odge – dodge hodge podge lodge
oes1 – does
oes2 – does foes
off
oft – loft soft
ogue – brogue rogue vogue
ohm
ohn – John
oice – voice
oid – void
oif – coif
oil – boil broil coil foil soil spoil toil
oin – coin groin join loin
oint – joint point
oise – noise poise
oist – foist hoist joist moist
oit – droit
oke – bloke broke coke choke joke poke smoke spoke stoke stroke woke yoke
old – bold cold fold gold hold mold sold scold told
ole – bole dole hole mole pole role sole stole whole
olf1 – golf
olf2 – wolf
olk – folk yolk
oll1 – droll knoll poll roll toll scroll stroll troll
oll2 – doll loll moll
olt – bolt colt dolt jolt molt volt
olve – solve
omb1- bomb
omb2 – comb
omb3 – tomb womb
ome1 – come pome some
ome2 – chrome dome gnome home Lome Rome tome
omp – chomp pomp romp stomp
ompt – prompt
once1
once2 – sconce
ond – bond blond fond frond pond
one1
one2 – gone
one3 – done none
one4 – bone cone clone crone drone hone lone pone phone prone shone stone tone throne zone
ong – bong dong gong long pong prong song strong tong thong wrong
onk1 – bonk conk honk zonk
onk2 – monk
ont – font
ont – front
onth – month
ooch – pooch
ood1 – brood food mood
ood2 – good hood stood wood
ood3 – blood floodoof – goof hoof poof proof roof spoof
ook1 – book brook cook crook hook look nook rook took shook
ook2 – spook
ool – cool drool fool pool school spool stool tool wool
Oom – boom bloom broom doom gloom groom loom room zoom
oon – boon coon croon goon loon moon noon soon spoon swoon
oop – coop droop hoop loop poop scoop sloop snoop stoop swoop troop whoop
oor1 – boor moor poor spoor
oor2 – door floor
oose – goose loose moose noose
oosh – swoosh
oost – boost roost
oot1 – boot coot hoot loot moot root scoot shoot snoot toot
oot2 – foot soot
ootch – hootch
ooth – booth smooth tooth oothe soothe
oove – groove
ooze – booze snooze
ope – cope dope grope hope lope mope nope pope rope scope slope tope
opt
orb
orch – porch scorch torch
ord1 – chord cord ford lord sword
ord2 – word
ore – bore core chore fore gore more pore sore score shore snore spore store swore tore wore
orge – forge gorge
ork1 – cork fork pork stork York
ork2 – work
orld – world
orm1 – dorm form norm storm
orm2 – worm
orn – born corn horn morn porn scorn shorn sworn torn thorn worn
orse1- horse Norse
orse2 – worse orst worst
ort – fort Mort port sort short snort sport tort
orth1 – forth north
orth2 – worth
ose1 – chose close dose hose nose pose prose rose those
ose2- lose
osh – gosh posh
oss – boss cross floss gloss loss moss toss
ost1 – cost frost lost
ost2- host ghost most post
otch – botch blotch crotch notch Scotch
ote – note quote rote smote tote vote wrote
oth1- both
oth2 – broth cloth froth moth sloth
othes – clothes
ouch – couch crouch grouch pouch slouch vouch
oud – cloud loud proud shroud
ough1 – bough
ough2 – through
ough3 – dough though [thorough ]
ough4 – cough trough
ough5 – rough slough tough [enough ]
ought1 – bought brought fought sought thought
ought2 – drought
oul1 – foul
oul2 – soul
oul3 – ghoul
ould – could should would
ounce – bounce flounce pounce trounce
ound1 – wound
ound2 – bound found ground hound mound pound round sound wound
oung – young
ounge – lounge
ount – count mount
oup1 – croup group soup stoup
oup2 – coup
our1 – dour flour hour sour scour
our2 – four
ource – source
ourge – scourge
ourn – bourn mourn
ourse – course
ourt – court
ouse – blouse douse grouse house louse mouse rouse souse spouse
oust1
oust 2roust
out bout clout flout gout grout lout pout rout scout shout snout spout sprout stout tout trout
oute route
outh 1mouth south
outh 2youth
ove 1cove clove drove grove stove strove trove wove
ove 2dove glove love shove
ove 3move prove
owe
owl1 – cowl fowl growl howl jowl prowl scowl yowl
owl2 – bowl
own1 – blown flown grown known mown sown shown thrown
own2 – brown clown crown down drown frown gown town
owse – browse dowse drowse owth growth
oze – doze froze
ube – cube lube rube tube
uce – Bruce duce spruce truce
uch – much such
uck – buck chuck cluck duck luck muck puck pluck suck shuck stuck struck tuck truck
uct – duct
udd – rudd
ude – crude dude nude prude rude
udge – budge drudge fudge grudge judge nudge sludge smudge trudge
ued – sueduff – buff bluff cuff fluff gruff huff muff puff ruff scuff scruff sluff snuff stuff
uge – huge luge
uice – juice
uild – build guild
uise – bruise cruise
uit – fruit suit
uite – suite
uke1
uke2 – duke fluke juke Luke nuke puke
ulb – bulb
ule – mule pule rule yule
ulf – gulf ulge bulge
ulk – bulk hulk sulk
ull1 – cull dull gull hull lull mull null skull
ull2 – bull full pull
ulp – pulp
ult – cult
umb – crumb dumb numb plumb thumb
ume – fume flume plume spume
ump – bump chump clump crump dump frump grump hump jump lump pump plump rump sump slump stump thump trump
umph – humph
unch – bunch brunch crunch hunch lunch munch punch scrunch
und – bund fund
une – dune June prune tune
ung – Chung clung dung flung hung lung rung sung slung sprung stung strung swung wrung
unge – lunge plunge
unk – bunk chunk clunk dunk drunk funk flunk gunk hunk junk punk plunk sunk shrunk skunk slunk spunk stunk trunk
unt – bunt blunt grunt hunt punt runt shunt stunt
upe – dupe
urb – curb
urch – church lurch
urd – curd
ure – cure lure pure sure
urf – surf
urge – purge surge splurge
urk – lurk murk
url – burl curl churl furl hurl knurl purl
urn – burn churn spurn turn
urp – burp
urr – burr purr
urse – curse nurse purse
urst – burst
urt – curt blurt hurt spurt
urve – curve
use1
use2 – fuse muse ruse
ush1 – bush push tush
ush2 – blush brush crush gush hush flush lush mush plush rush slush thrushusk – dusk husk musk rusk tusk
usp – cusp
uss1 – buss cuss fuss muss puss truss
uss2 – schuss
ust – bust crust dust gust just lust must rust thrust trust
utch1 – butch
utch2 – clutch crutch Dutch hutch
Ute – cute brute chute flute jute lute mute
uth – Ruth truth
utt – butt mutt putt
uzz – buzz fuzz
yde – Hyde Clyde
yme – Lyme rhyme thyme
ype – hype type
yst – cyst tryst
yte – byte