The Long Vowel Rule (1)

Long Vowel Rule (1): When a word has two vowel, usually the first vowel says its name and thesecond vowel is silent.

1. Long vowel a words

mail nail pail rail sail tail came game name sea tea reach teach beak weak heal meal real hide ride side tide wide bride glide pride slide road load toad oak soak foam roam soap boat gain main pain rain train mane vane wave save seal beam team bean mean heap leap ear dear bike like hike file mile pile tile smile while coat goat hoe toe rode joke poke spoke smoke bake cake lake make rake take pale sale whale fear hear near bee tree free feed need weed dime lime time chime dine fine line mine pine hole pole stole home bone cone tone stone hope ape tape ate hate late date gate bait wait beef meek seek feel heal peel hear meat seat vine wipe pipe ripe rise wise size prize die rope nose rose close chose hose note vote dove Paint Day Hay Lay May Pay Say Way Clay Wheat Seem Seen Teen Green Deep Peep Weep Creep Pie Tie Fire Hire Tire Wire Bite Kite White Stove Bow Low Mow Row Tow Blow Crow Flow gray play pray stay stray tray fade made grade sheep sleep deer feet meet beet greet key three dive five hive cry dry fly fry try sky grow know show slow snow throw boast roast toast

2. Long vowel e words

3. Long vowel i words

4. Long vowel o words

5. Long vowel u words

suite fruit juice cute flute dune June tune prune blue clue glue true use fuse dew few hew new pew crew knew mule rule Chew Drew Grew Screw Threw Blew flew slew stew mew cube tube

The Long Vowel Rule (2)

Long Vowel Rule (2): If a word has one vowel and it comes at the end of the word, that word usually has a long vowel sound.

6. Long vowel words that follow Rule 2

he me she we by my why go so lo no so yo-yo Be Hi
Exceptions:

do to

The Long Vowel Rule (3)

Long Vowel Rule (3): The vowel i and o have the long vowel sound when followed by two or more consonants usually has a long vowel sound.

7. Long vowel words that follow Rule 2

child bind find hind kind mind blind grind high fight light night right bright flight old cold fold hold told Colt Colt Jolt Volt Both most post roll toll stroll

Common Examples Of Short And Long Vowels

These contrasts demonstrate the rules (in each column, first short, then long):

A: short
back snack fad mad Sam

A: long
bake snake fade made/maid same

A: short
can plan tap at cat

A: long
cane plain/plane tape ate Kate

E: short
bed Ben men ten

E: long
bead bean mean teen

E: short
bet met pet set

E: long
beat/beet

mete/meat/m Pete seat

I: short
lick hid slid dim Tim

I: long
like hide slide dime time

I: short
fin shin bit lit sit

I: long
fine shine bite light/lite sight/site

O: short
rob hop mop

O: long
robe hope mope

O: short
cot not rot

O: long
coat note rote/wrote

U: short
cub

U: long
cube

U: short
cut

U: long
cute

tub hug

tube huge

flutter mutter

flute mute