Language Arts: Diphthongs and Vowel Digraphs Worksheet

Question 1

Read the word boat. Which letters make the vowel digraph in the word?

Accepted Answer

The letters oa make the vowel digraph in the word boat.

Question 2

Read the word coin. Which letters make the diphthong in the word?

Accepted Answer

The letters oi make the diphthong in the word coin.

Question 3

Write a word that has the vowel digraph ee.

Accepted Answer

One correct answer is tree. The letters ee work together as a vowel digraph.

Question 4

Write a word that has the diphthong ou.

Accepted Answer

One correct answer is cloud. The letters ou make a diphthong in the word cloud.

Question 5

Circle the word with a vowel digraph: rain or loud. Then explain your choice.

Accepted Answer

The word rain has a vowel digraph. The letters ai work together to make one vowel sound.

Question 6

Circle the word with a diphthong: seat or boy. Then explain your choice.

Accepted Answer

The word boy has a diphthong. The letters oy glide from one vowel sound to another.

Question 7

Fill in the blank to complete the word: r__n. Use ai or oi to make a real word.

Accepted Answer

The correct answer is rain. The letters ai complete the real word rain.

Question 8

Fill in the blank to complete the word: t__. Use ea or ow to make a real word.

Accepted Answer

The correct answer is tea. The letters ea complete the real word tea.

Question 9

Read the words sheep and round. Which word has a vowel digraph, and which word has a diphthong?

Accepted Answer

The word sheep has a vowel digraph because ee makes one vowel sound. The word round has a diphthong because ou glides in sound.

Question 10

Sort these words into two groups, vowel digraph or diphthong: train, soil, feet, house.

Accepted Answer

Train and feet belong in the vowel digraph group. Soil and house belong in the diphthong group.

Question 11

Write a sentence using the word leaf. Then name the vowel digraph in the word.

Accepted Answer

One correct sentence is The leaf fell down. The vowel digraph in leaf is ea.

Question 12

Write a sentence using the word toy. Then name the diphthong in the word.

Accepted Answer

One correct sentence is I put away my toy. The diphthong in toy is oy.

Language Arts: Diphthongs and Vowel Digraphs