If you mean phonically think of any word with the last letter as a Y.
Eg: Finally (fine-nal-ee)
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In some English words, the silent "e" at the end changes the sound of the preceding vowel from a short sound to a long sound. For example, in the word "hop," the silent "e" changes the "o" from a short o sound to a long o sound in "hope."
No. Words such as cookie, bookie, and rookie end with a long E sound, as with similar words that end in other consonants and Y (bony, booty).
Almost all of the words that end in AY with an "ay" sound (bay, day, hay, say) are at the end of a syllable. It is the AI words that often do not (gain, sail, maim). Other words that have a long A sound are spelled with EY, including obey, prey, and grey. Also words from French that end in E, EE, or ET have a long A sound, such as cafe, soiree, gourmet, buffet.
No. The EA in head has a short E sound, as in some other words such as bread, tread and thread.
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In some English words, the silent "e" at the end changes the sound of the preceding vowel from a short sound to a long sound. For example, in the word "hop," the silent "e" changes the "o" from a short o sound to a long o sound in "hope."
No. Words such as cookie, bookie, and rookie end with a long E sound, as with similar words that end in other consonants and Y (bony, booty).
Almost all of the words that end in AY with an "ay" sound (bay, day, hay, say) are at the end of a syllable. It is the AI words that often do not (gain, sail, maim). Other words that have a long A sound are spelled with EY, including obey, prey, and grey. Also words from French that end in E, EE, or ET have a long A sound, such as cafe, soiree, gourmet, buffet.
Many words end with a double-e and a long e sound. Referee is a common one, but abductee, addressee, honeybee, pedigree, and guarantee all match this description as well.
Some words that start with E and end with U: eau. emu. emeu. ecru.
Picante, Jose, etc.
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Yes. The E has a short E sound as in rebel.Yes, the word 'web' does have the short e sound. Some other words with the same sound are set, sect, and heck.
No. The EA in head has a short E sound, as in some other words such as bread, tread and thread.
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.
Yes the word 'them' does have a short e sound. Some other words with the same sound are bet, hem, and deck.