There are many Long Vowel patterns.
These have been selected as examples of ones frequently used.
| For sh, ch, tch, th, nk and ng, the exercises are the same. | Box 1 | 6 pictures for use with yellow and all blue Movable Alphabet |
| Box 2 | 6 pictures with color-coded word cards | |
| Box 3 | 6 pictures with black lettered word cards | |
| For wr, kn, mb, ck, ll, and qu the exercises are the same | Box 1 | 3 pictures with color-coded word cards |
| Box 2 | 3 pictures with black lettered word cards | |
| mixed | For the mixed boxes, the teacher decides how to group the pictures, keeping color-coded words together and black lettered-words together. It is recommended that not over 15 pictures be placed in each box. |
Set 4 — Long Vowels
| a | a-e | tape |
| ai | nail | |
| ay | hay | |
| e | ee | jeep |
| ea | leaf | |
| ey | key | |
| y | fifty | |
| ie | chief | |
| i | i-e | hide |
| y | sky | |
| igh | night | |
| o | o-e | rope |
| oa | goat | |
| ow | now | |
| u | u-e | cube |
Contents of Long Vowel Boxes
| cane | bay | dry | white | ||||
| a-e | tape | ay | hay | igh | night | mixed | whale |
| pane | gray | light | rake | ||||
| cape | tray | thigh | skate | ||||
| mane | pray | fight | chimes | ||||
| vane | spary | y | cry | kite | |||
| i-e | hide | ae | sea | y (i) | fry | pole | |
| wipe | leaf | sky | vote | ||||
| twine | meat | y (e) | fifty | stone | |||
| stripe | peach | twenty | snail | ||||
| dime | bead | kitty | stream | ||||
| slide | bean | candy | wheat | ||||
| o-e | rope | ee | sweep | ie | shield | beach | |
| home | feet | priest | beak | ||||
| bone | bee | chief | three | ||||
| robe | tree | ey | key | wheel | |||
| smoke | sleep | money | teeth | ||||
| stove | jeep | honey | queen | ||||
| u-e | cube | oa | goat | penny | |||
| mule | soap | puppy | |||||
| fume | coal | monkey | |||||
| cute | coat | loaf | |||||
| mute | toast | boat | |||||
| fuse | foam | toad | |||||
| ai | nail | ow | bow | window | |||
| pail | crow | elbow | |||||
| train | bowl | shadow | |||||
| rain | mow | ||||||
| braid | snow | ||||||
| maid | yellow |