First Term English Phonics Worksheet ( 5 )
Unit 6: Hong Kong: Past and Present
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A: Short ‘u’ sound: as in duck or fun
Riddles: The answers are words with a short ‘u’ sound. |
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1. What’s always up in the sky but we can’t see it at night?____________ |
2. We sit or lay down in this and it’s in your bathroom.__________ |
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3. We can chew this and it’s tasty for a while |
4. If something is not tasty, we can say this. ___________! |
Listen to your teacher and fill in the blanks with a short ‘u’ word.
1. Yesterday, I was taking a mini_______ to the beach.
2. Suddenly a big ___________ stopped in the road in front of _____.
3. We were ___________ to stop in time.
4. It turns out there was a family of ________________ crossing the road. |
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B: The Long ‘u’ sound.
It is not always a perfect long ‘u’ sound as in unit or use. Listen for the ‘ew’ sound as in flu or juice. ( flu rhymes with new and too) |
Long ‘U’ Song (Happy Birthday tune)
Flu and glue rhyme with zoo,
Rule and mule rhyme with pool.
They make the long ‘u’ sound
Flu, glue, rule and mule.
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Listen to your teacher and circle the correct sounds. |
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1. Short u |
Long u |
3. Short u |
Long u |
5. Short u |
Long u |
7. Short u |
Long u |
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2. Short u |
Long u |
4. Short u |
Long u |
6. Short u |
Long u |
8. Short u |
Long u |
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