The word eye has a long i (aye) sound. In fact, it is pronounced the same as the letter i. It rhymes with by, sky, die, and sigh.
No, the "i" in ring is a short vowel sound. It is pronounced like "ih" rather than a long "I" sound as in "eye."
No. The word icy has a long I and a long E vowel sound (eye-see).
The IE pair has a long I sound, as in die and fried.
The AI pair in "praise" has a long A vowel sound, and it is a homophone of "prays."
The words "mother" and "brother" have an "uh" sound that is typically sounded as a short U (compare to mutter).The words "mother" and "brother" have a short vowel sound. A long vowel sound carries the vowel as in "o" in loose or the "e" in femur. Short vowel sounds do not carry the sound of the vowel, as the "o" in foot or the "o" in dog. A good way of showing the difference is to take one word with a short vowel sound such as "bit" and listen to how the I sounds, then make a long vowel sound (eye rather than /ih/ ) and you'd pronounce the word as b-eye-t, which is bite.
'Wife' has a long vowel sound: w-eye-f.
No, the "i" in ring is a short vowel sound. It is pronounced like "ih" rather than a long "I" sound as in "eye."
No. The word icy has a long I and a long E vowel sound (eye-see).
The IE pair has a long I sound, as in die and fried.
The AI pair in "praise" has a long A vowel sound, and it is a homophone of "prays."
The words "mother" and "brother" have an "uh" sound that is typically sounded as a short U (compare to mutter).The words "mother" and "brother" have a short vowel sound. A long vowel sound carries the vowel as in "o" in loose or the "e" in femur. Short vowel sounds do not carry the sound of the vowel, as the "o" in foot or the "o" in dog. A good way of showing the difference is to take one word with a short vowel sound such as "bit" and listen to how the I sounds, then make a long vowel sound (eye rather than /ih/ ) and you'd pronounce the word as b-eye-t, which is bite.
The word "climate" has a long vowel sound in the first syllable, pronounced as "kl-eye-mate."
No. The word "eye" has the sound of the long I, i.e. the letter I. It rhymes with pie and by.
Yes, the I in dice is a long I (eye) sound, created by the silent E. The long I is in die, dine, and dime.
In the word "magnify," the first syllable "mag" contains a short vowel sound, while the second syllable "ni" has a long vowel sound. The "a" in "mag" is pronounced like the short 'a' in "cat," while the "i" in "ni" is pronounced like the long 'i' in "eye." Therefore, "magnify" features both short and long vowel sounds.
The word "reside" has a long vowel sound. In phonetics, a long vowel is a vowel sound that is pronounced the same way as the name of the letter itself. In this case, the letter "i" in "reside" is pronounced as /aɪ/, which is a long vowel sound.
No. The I has a short vowel sound as in mill and silk. Ask yourself, when you say it or hear it, do you hear the sound, "EYE" or do you hear the sound, "Ih?" Long vowels make their sound - for I, if you hear "EYE" you know it is a long vowel in this word. Long Vowel Words (A,E,I,O,U) cake beep high mow unit Short Vowel Words (a,e,i,o,u) act bet sick odd but