Lesson 2

Short Vowel: o and u

February 14th, 2022

 Spelling Tips
The short o sound can be spelled o. the short o
sound can also be spelled au, aw, oa and ough.
These spelling are called diagraphs. They have
slightly different sound.
The short u sound is spelled with the letter u.
Spelling Words

1. Comedy 9. Sought
2. Clumsy 10. Stumble
3. Audience 11. Modern
4. Hundred 12. Public
5. Awkward 13. Auditorium
6. Husband 14. Understand
7. Broad 15. Awning
8. Reluctant
Spelling Words

Comedy Clumsy Audience Hundred

Awkward Husband Broad Reluctant

 Spelling Words

Sought Stumble Modern Public

Auditorium Understand Awning

Activities 1
 Words across the curriculum
Complete the following sentences with words from above.
broad
1. The box was both tall and _______________________.
sought
2. After graduation, the students _______________________ jobs in their fields.
stumble
3. Please be careful and don’t _______________________ on the ice as you
leave the auditorium.
awning
4. The play goers waited under the _______________________ to avoid the rain.
awkward
5. An _______________________ moment followed after the actress
momentarily forgot her lines.
reluctant
6. At first, the children were _______________________ to go into the water.
modern
7. Instead of antiques, the couple was looking for _______________________
furniture.
understand
8. The parents could _______________________ their children’s initial
reluctance.
 husband
9. When my brother got married, he became a _______________________.
auditorium
10.Everyone in the school had to go to the _______________________, because
there was a pep rally for our basketball team.
11.I’ve always wanted to e in a play. My favorite kind of play is a
comedy
_______________________.
12.We had a math test today. I got ninety-five right out of one
hundred
_______________________.
13.After Sonia and I finished our magic show and the curtain closed, we were
nervous. The clapping and cheering that came from the
audience
_______________________ made us smile.
14.In the play, The Crazy Clown, the title character tripped over everything. He was
clumsy
extremely _______________________.
15.There were three dress rehearsals for the new play. But on opening night, the
public
theater’s doors were opened to the _______________________.

06
Using the Dictionary
Put words in the box in alphabetical order.
Comedy Clumsy Audience Hundred Awkward
Husband Broad Reluctant Sought Stumble
Modern Public Auditorium Understand Awning

Audience
1. ________________ Modern
10. ________________
Auditorium
2. ________________ Public
11. ________________
Awkward
3. ________________ Reluctant
12. ________________
Awning
4. ________________ Sought
13. ________________
Broad
5. ________________ Stumble
14. ________________
Clumsy
6. ________________ Understand
15. ________________
Comedy
7. ________________
Hundred
8. ________________
Husband
9. ________________
Activities 2
Fun with words:
Look at the following pictures and write a sentences with them.

1. All the people enjoy the new comedy in the

Plaza Theater.

2. I am a clumsy person, every day, I inevitably spill my

coffee.

3. The audience always laugh when the actors do

something funny.
 4. Some people make a mistake when they
write one hundred.

5. The last weekend we watched an awkward movies on

Netflix.

6. Sarah’s husband is a good man.

7. The auditorium was empty when the band
started to play.

8. There is a coffee shop near my house that has

awning, and you can drink coffee under it.

9. The girl could understand the paragraph after

three time to read.

10. The next year the country will

have a modern train to move a lot
people in the country.