They include these, and their longer forms:
gibe, imbibe, 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,
fire, mire, expire, sire, tire, wire, excise, guise, wise,
bite, cite, kite, mite, white, write, dive, five, live, size
No. The Y in yourself is a consonant Y (yuh sound), not a vowel.
There are no English words in which AA has a long A sound.
The other common EA words are break and great.
These are words where the letter Y is a vowel or in a vowel pair.Words ending in consonant-Yby, cry, dry, fry, my, pry, shy, spry, try, whyWords having or ending in UYbuy, guy,Words containing consonant-YExamples: byline, cyberspace, cytology, dye, gyrate, hygiene, lye, lyre, nylon, pyrite, rye, type, zygoteThe -ing form of -ie words (avoids 2 I's)dying, lying, tying, vying
It is a long I, as is usually the case for consonant-Y words (by, fry, try).
No. The Y in yourself is a consonant Y (yuh sound), not a vowel.
There are no English words in which AA has a long A sound.
There are words from French spelled with an AY, such as bayou and cayenne.
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The other common EA words are break and great.
Leash does have the long e sound, as if it were spelled leesh, but goose does not. Goose has a silent e sound, as if it were spelled goos.
These are words where the letter Y is a vowel or in a vowel pair.Words ending in consonant-Yby, cry, dry, fry, my, pry, shy, spry, try, whyWords having or ending in UYbuy, guy,Words containing consonant-YExamples: byline, cyberspace, cytology, dye, gyrate, hygiene, lye, lyre, nylon, pyrite, rye, type, zygoteThe -ing form of -ie words (avoids 2 I's)dying, lying, tying, vying
It is a long I, as is usually the case for consonant-Y words (by, fry, try).
In addition to the words ending in -ight that have a long I (fight, right, sight), there are the words high, nigh, sigh, and thigh.
Yes, as do other words spelled with -IGHT (long I, silent GH). (The exceptions are -IGHT words spelled with EI, which sounds like a long A.)
The I has a long I sound as in high, sigh, and sign. The GH is silent, so it is not a consonant blend.
Some examples of CVVC (consonant-vowel-vowel-consonant) words include "rain," "keep," and "feet." These words are typically two-syllable words with a long vowel sound in the middle.