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What are the sounds of long vowels?

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12y ago
Updated: 8/20/2019

Most long vowels "say their name" as with A (ay), E (ee), I (eye) and O (oh). The sound of a long U is the same as the sound of the long OO pair, but it may say its name YOO as in unit and uniform.

long A - day, paid, name

long E - we, seed, bean

long I - lie, fine, sigh

long O - bowl, comb, low, sew

long U (oo or yoo) - cool, moon, dune, Flute, suit / cute, fuel, unit

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