What is a long I sound?

Answer 1

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,

Answer 2

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".