The Long Vowel Rules


"Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it." Proverbs 22:6


The Long Vowel Rule (1)

Long Vowel Rule (1): When a word has two vowel, usually the first vowel says its name and the second vowel is silent.
1. Long vowel a words
mail	gain	bake	ape	paint	gray
nail	main	cake	tape	day	play
pail	pain	lake	ate	hay	pray
rail	rain	make	hate	lay	stay
sail	train	rake	late	may	stray
tail	mane	take	date	pay	tray
came	vane	pale	gate	say	fade
game	wave	sale	bait	way	made
name	save	whale	wait	clay	grade
2. Long vowel e words
sea	seal	fear	beef	wheat	sheep
tea	beam	hear	meek	seem	sleep
reach	team	near	seek	seen	deer
teach	bean	bee	feel	teen	feet
beak	mean	tree	heal	green	meet
weak	heap	free	peel	deep	beet
heal	leap	feed	hear	peep	greet
meal	ear	need	meat	weep	key
real	dear	weed	seat	creep	three
3. Long vowel i words
hide	bike	dime	vine	pie	dive
ride	like	lime	wipe	tie	five
side	hike	time	pipe	fire	hive
tide	file	chime	ripe	hire	cry
wide	mile	dine	rise	tire	dry
bride	pile	fine	wise	wire	fly
glide	tile	line	size	bite	fry
pride	smile	mine	prize	kite	try
slide	while	pine	die	white	sky
4. Long vowel o words
road	coat	hole	rope	stove	grow
load	goat	pole	nose	bow	know
toad	hoe	stole	rose	low	show
oak	toe	home	close	mow	slow
soak	rode	bone	chose	row	snow
foam	joke	cone	hose	tow	throw
roam	poke	tone	note	blow	boast
soap	spoke	stone	vote	crow	roast
boat	smoke	hope	dove	flow	toast
5. Long vowel u words
suite	June	true	new	chew	flew
fruit	tune	use	pew	drew	slew
juice	prune	fuse	crew	grew	stew
cute	blue	dew	knew	screw	mew
flute	clue	few	mule	threw	cube
dune	glue	hew	rule	blew	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	we	why	lo	yo-yo	Exceptions:
me	by	go	no	be	do
she	my	so	so	hi	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	mind	light	old	colt	most
bind	blind	night	cold	colt	post
find	grind	right	fold	jolt	roll
hind	high	bright	hold	volt	toll
kind	fight	flight	told	both	stroll