Pron. 2 Color Vowel Chart - 1st Quiz

Pron. 2 Color Vowel Chart - 1st Quiz

The Color Vowel Chart

• colors and key words to represent the vowel sounds of English

• English has 5 vowel letters and 15 vowel sounds

• We need a common way to identify the "sound" of the vowel.

Alphabet Vowel Sounds

• These sound like the letter of the alphabet

• What letter is this? A

• that sounds like the sound /ey/ which is GRAY

Alphabet Vowel Sounds

• What letter is this? E

• that sounds like the sound /iy/ which is GREEN

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Alphabet Vowel Sounds

• What letter is this? I

• that sounds like the sound /ai/ which is WHITE

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Alphabet Vowel Sounds

• What letter is this? O

• that sounds like the sound /ow/ which is ROSE

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Alphabet Vowel Sounds

• What letter is this? U

• that sounds like the sound /uw/ which is BLUE

• (this can also sound like "yuw" like in the word "university"

Relative Vowel Sounds

• These do NOT sound like the name of the letter. They are different.

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Relative Vowel Sounds

• A = black

• E = red

• I = silver

• O = olive

• U = mustard

Now, practice identifying the "color" of the vowel sounds in the following words:

Multiple Choice

What is the vowel color of this word? clean

• blue

• gray

• red

• green

Multiple Choice

What is the vowel color of this word? scrub

• mustard

• olive

• blue

• black

Multiple Choice

What is the vowel color of this word? wash

• gray

• black

• red

• olive

Multiple Choice

What is the vowel color of this word? drive

• white

• silver

• green

• red

Multiple Choice

What is the vowel color of this word? bake

• green

• mustard

• black

• gray

Multiple Choice

What is the vowel color of this word? slept

• green

• red

• gray

• black

Multiple Choice

What is the vowel color of this word? pick

• green

• red

• white

• silver

Multiple Choice

What is the vowel color of this word? grapes

• green

• black

• red

• gray

Multiple Choice

What is the vowel color of this word? not

• olive

• rose

• black

• mustard

Multiple Choice

What is the vowel color of this word? note

• olive

• black

• rose

• mustard

Multiple Choice

What is the vowel color of this word? need

• green

• black

• red

• silver

Multiple Choice

What is the vowel color of this word? can

• green

• black

• gray

• silver

Multiple Choice

What is the vowel color of this word? fish

• green

• white

• olive

• silver

Multiple Choice

What is the vowel color of this word? glue

• mustard

• red

• green

• blue

Multiple Choice

What is the vowel color of this word? pie

• silver

• green

• white

• red

Multiple Choice

What is the vowel color of this word? fruit

• blue

• red

• green

• mustard