I.a.l.t to write the long ‘i’ vowels with appropriate spelling patterns.

Read the following paragraphs.  Highlight the long ’i’ words and then put the words with a long ‘i’ sound in the correct column.

Last night I had to write an essay called ‘Mankind’s Finest Hour’.  I could not find anything useful in the library because I couldn’t decide what to write about.  I couldn’t find any ideas on the Internet either.  In the end I had to try to make something up.

Why is it that whenever I decide to drive to town, everyone else has the same idea?  There is a traffic jam a mile long and I think the shops will be closed by the time I arrive!

I offered the child a piece of pie.  He couldn’t decide which slice to try.  He compared the height of each piece so that he could find the biggest one.

Magic e

i_e

2 vowels together

 ie           ei

2 vowels together

 igh           eigh

y and vowel plus

     y         uy

i

by itself

At the end of a word.

ie is commonly used to write the last sound in one-syllable words.

it is used inside a syllable

Usually in the middle of a syllable.

Usually followed by a t

The last sound in a word or root word -

usually one syllable words.

At the end of a syllable or

at the end of a one syllable word.

Before nd and ld

Write finest decide ideas Drive mile arrive slice

Height Piece

Either pie

Night

Why

I mankind's find library Internet in think

Child find biggest