Words ending in the long a vowel sound ("eɪ" in the phonetic alphabet) usually end with -ay in English words such as:
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.
Some example Y words: by, dry, fly, my, sky,why, cry UY words : buy, guy
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.
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.
Some example Y words: by, dry, fly, my, sky,why, cry UY words : buy, guy
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)
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
You are not, if it makes an earlier vowel in the word long, such as in the words 'care' or 'tire' or 'ore.'
There are many based on words that end in ie : die, lie, pie, tie, vie. Also, the past tense or plurals of some words that end in Y : denies, replies, tried, complied.
Not necessarily. Some long vowel words do end with an "e," such as "time" or "bone," but there are also long vowel words that do not end with an "e," such as "sky" or "climb." The presence of an "e" at the end of a long vowel word does not determine whether the vowel sound is long or short.