The long I sound is the sound of the letter (eye). The sound is made by an I, a Y, or a vowel pair such as AI, IE, and EI.
Some words that have the long I sound:
Words that start with a long I sound:
aisle, ibis, iris, iron, ice, ides, idle, isle, irate, ire, isosceles, item
Words ending in Y and their IE versions:
by, buy, cry, dry, fry, my,
cried, dried, fried, tried
Words ending in silent E: (and their other forms)
bye, gibe, jibe, tribe, entice, dice, lice, rice, slice,
glide, side, slide, fife, life, rife, strife, wife, bike, like, pike
bile, file, mile, pile, tile, while, crime, lime, mime, time,
dine, fine, line, mine, pine, pipe, ripe swipe, wipe,
guise, wise, bite, cite, kite, mite, white, write size,
rhyme, thyme, hype, tyke, analyze
Words ending in -IGHT (and forms of these words)
fight, light, might, night, plight, right, sight, tight
Words with IE : (and forms of them):
die, diet, lie, pie, piety, variety
Also:
biped, high, sigh (sighed), sign, dial,
A long I sound is when the letter "i" makes its name sound like the letter "eye", such as in the words "time" or "light".
Juice has a long "u" sound.
The A has a short A sound, as in can and lamp.
Cake has a long "a" sound.
Vines has a long "i" sound, not a short "i" sound.
The word "basin" has a long a sound. It is pronounced as "bay-sin," with the emphasis on the first syllable.
The word "basin" has a long a sound. It is pronounced as "bay-sin," with the emphasis on the first syllable.
The A has a short A sound, as in can and lamp.
Juice has a long "u" sound.
Cake has a long "a" sound.
Bugle has a long "oo" sound, which is pronounced like "boo-gul."
The long "y" sound is the same as the long "i" sound. The words "my" and "rhyme" have this sound.
The word "pail" has a long a sound. It is pronounced as "pay-ul".
Rose has a short sound, pronounced as "rohz."
No, the word "eighty" does not have a long "a" sound. The "a" in "eighty" is pronounced as a short vowel sound, like in the word "cat."
No, the word 'game' does not have a long E sound. 'Game' has a long A sound, but the E is silent. The silent E is a clue that the A has a long A sound.
The "U" in pupil typically has a short vowel sound.
Long vowels sound like the vowels in the alphabet. Snail has an "a" sound.