Yes. The EY has a long A sound (ay) as in grey and obey.
Yes. The EY has a long A (ay) sound, as in prey and grey.
No. The EY in they has a long A sound (thay) to rhyme with hey, prey, and obey.
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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.
The tiger stalked his prey from the long grass.Prey and pray sound the same but have different meanings.He would prey on his victims for weeks before attacking.The bear possessively protected his well-caught prey.
Yes. Many EY words are sounded as a long A, including survey, prey, obey, and whey.
They mimic the shape,smell, and sound of their prey.
They include: grey, hey, obey, prey, they, trey, whey convey, disobey, purvey, survey
They mimic the shape,smell, and sound of their prey.
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Words that have the same vowel sound as the "ey" in "prey" include "say," "day," "way," and "gray." These words all contain the long "a" sound, represented phonetically as /eɪ/. They share a similar pronunciation pattern, making them rhyming words.
A "howl" is a sound, a long, drawn-out cry. An "owl" is a nocturnal bird of prey which generally eats small mammals and insects.