What Are Long Vowel Sounds? Long vowel sounds are vowels that say their own names. A says /ā/ as in cake E says /ē/ as in tree I says /ī/ as in bike O says /ō/ as in home U says /yoo/ or /oo/ as in cube or flute 1. Long A (/ā/) Examples: cake game rain train day play baby table Sentence: Kate ate a cake in the rain. 2. Long E (/ē/) Examples: tree bee feet seed beach teacher key eat Sentence: The bee sat on the green tree. 3. Long I (/ī/) Examples: bike kite five time pie sky light fly Sentence: Mike rides his bike to fly a kite. 4. Long O (/ō/) Examples: home rope boat coat snow road goat nose Sentence: The goat rode in a boat home. 5. Long U (/yoo/ or /oo/) Examples: cube cute music unicorn flute fruit blue glue Sentence: The cute unicorn played the flute. Ways Long Vowels Are Spelled Long A a_e → cake, name ai → rain, train ay → day, play Long E ee → tree, feet ea → eat, sea e → he, me Long I i_e → bike, kite igh → light, night y → fly, cry Long O o_e → home, hope oa → bo...
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