Some example Y words: by, dry, fly, my, sky,why, cry
UY words : buy, guy
Words ending in the long a vowel sound ("eɪ" in the phonetic alphabet) usually end with -ay in English words such as:playstaygayhaymay
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.
Jujustu and caribou are two words that end with a long U sound.
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).
The shortest ones are die, lie, pie, and tie. The longer ones are versions of these (untie, magpie, bowtie).
Words that end in y and use the long u sound are:buoychop sueyeuryfuryThere are more, but you get the idea.
Words ending in the long a vowel sound ("eɪ" in the phonetic alphabet) usually end with -ay in English words such as:playstaygayhaymay
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.
Jujustu and caribou are two words that end with a long U sound.
LADY
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).
The shortest ones are die, lie, pie, and tie. The longer ones are versions of these (untie, magpie, bowtie).
Yes. As with many words that end in a silent E, the vowel is long. (kyt)
The word find is from Old English where many words had either Y or I for the long I sound, in the forms -indan or -inden.Most of the shortened -IND words adopted the long I sound, except for a few such as the noun form of wind (originally a long E sound).
Fluffy, donkey, slimy, slinky, stuffy, lofty, crumby, tiny, spiny, softly, slowly, clingy, etc. Most words that end in "y" have a long "e" sound. The "y" in butterfly has a long "i" sound.
mute, flute
By itself, an ending Y will have a long E sound (baby, silly) or long I sound (by, try). The pair EY can have a long A sound, as in obey, prey, they, trey, whey, and convey.