Depending on where you are from:
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Some example Y words: by, dry, fly, my, sky,why, cry UY words : buy, guy
When doing short a sounds the letter a will make a sound such as in the word cat. In the word cat the a is making a short 'a' sound. To make the long a sound another vowel has to be changing or contradicting the a. Some long a words are - lake, take & make. There are many words with the long a sound that don't follow that pattern such as mail hail and hair as well as pail.
Words that begin with a short A sound include:ableaceacheacornagealeaidailaimanalangelaortaapeapexapronasymmetricedelweiss (ay-del-vice)
Compound words with the long A sound:birthday (2nd syllable has the long A sound)heyday (both words have long A)mailbox (first syllable = long A)payday (both syllables have the long A sound)playmate (both syllables have the long A sound)stalemate (both syllables have the long A sound)tailgate (both syllables have the long A sound)
Yes, the word 'teeth' does make the long e sound. When you see two e's together it is a clue that the word will have the long e sound. Some other words that are like that are beets, seed, and keen.
The word pry does not have the long e sound. It does have a long i sound though. Some other words like that are why, shy, and guy. There are other words where the y does have the long e sound, like candy or sandy.
Words ending in the long a vowel sound ("eɪ" in the phonetic alphabet) usually end with -ay in English words such as:playstaygayhaymay
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There are compound words such as paymaster that have both a long A and a short A. Also some words with a short A plus a long A formed by a silent E, such as activate and accelerate. Other words that have both a long and short A: ashtray (short/long) playback (long/short)
Some examples of words with a long i vowel sound are: kite, time, like, and lime.
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There are no IA vowel pairs with a long A sound. Almost all AI pairs have a long A (ay) sound, some exceptions being aisle, plaid, and said.