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Printable Grades 7–8 vowel worksheet with matching activities and words to mark with macrons and breves showing long and short vowel sounds.
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Short and Long Vowels

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This printable phonics worksheet for Grades 7–8 teaches the difference between long and short vowels using macrons and breves. Students match long vowel sounds (cake, key, pine) with marked letters, match short vowel sounds (chap, pet, picture) with marked letters, and then mark vowels in five words (cake, cram, file, phone, fill) with the correct diacritical marks. Useful for phonetic notation practice or phonics review.

Subject:
English / Language Arts
Topic:
Phonics
Grade Level:
7th – 8th Grades
Updated September 2025

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