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A/ /O/ /oo - / / - / / /: Long Long Sound

The document provides information about long vowel sounds in English. It identifies common spelling patterns that represent each long vowel sound /i/, /eI/, /aI/, /O/, /OI/, /ow/, /ure/, and exceptions. Short vowel /æ/ is also noted. Examples are provided for each vowel spelling pattern to illustrate application of the long vowel sounds.

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A/ /O/ /oo - / / - / / /: Long Long Sound

The document provides information about long vowel sounds in English. It identifies common spelling patterns that represent each long vowel sound /i/, /eI/, /aI/, /O/, /OI/, /ow/, /ure/, and exceptions. Short vowel /æ/ is also noted. Examples are provided for each vowel spelling pattern to illustrate application of the long vowel sounds.

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Long Long Sound

/i/
aI
eI /A/
/O/
/oo . /
I /I . /
I /O I /
/ow/
a /ou/
short /a/
Long vowel I

/aI/
pilot ivory idol iris iron -
i
ice five bike rice line mice
i_e
high fight light delight bright knight
igh
die lie tie cried tried dried
ie
by cry apply supply reply July
-y
Most one syllable words ending in y makes the long I sound.
by cry my dry fry fly sly spy shy why

Long vowel A

/eI/
acorn apron basic data baby cable
a
bake face late make agent male
a_e
aid bait rail plain brain
ai
bay day lay ray say pray
-ay
-ay always comes at the end because no word in English ends in i.
Long vowel O

/ /
go so no focus robot omit
o
bone cone lobe broke close scope
o_e
boat road goat roam soap loan
oa
row low grow hollow pillow snow
ow
toe foe hoe doe joe woe
oe

Long vowel

/ /
cure pure brochure ensure endure unsure
ure

Words with ure can have two sounds / / or

Please refer to the text to IPA application for the correct pronunciation.
Long vowel

/I /
fear ear clear gear hear near
ear
here cere mere sphere adhere severe
ere
deer beer jeer peer steer cheer
eer

The words with ear, ere and eer might have different sounds from / I /.
Please refer to the text to IPA application for the correct pronunciation.

Long vowel OI

/ I/
oil coin soil boil joint moist
oi
boy joy toy soy convoy deploy
-oy
Long vowel ow

/a /
cow bow meow scow brow crown
ow
thou mouth sound shout sprout stout
ou

Words with ow have two sounds: /a / and / /


In most cases, if ow comes before n it takes the /a / sound
brown crown down clown

Short vowel a
/ /
bat cat fat rat sat mat
a

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