Long Vowel Words

What are Long Vowels

English alphabets are divided among consonants and vowels. Vowels are a, e, i, o, and u, whereas the rest of the alphabets are consonants. Long vowels refer to those vowels which are pronounced the same way as the name of the letter is pronounced. These vowels are relatively easier to learn, pronounce, distinguish and read. Also, long vowels are very easier to recognize in words rather than guessing their sound without their use in a word.

The long vowels usually follow a pattern that is the vowel-consonant-e, i.e. late, cake, gate, make, scene, lone, queue, statue, and cue. While you read these words, notice the vowel sound that you make. Let’s have a look at the following examples to equip ourselves better with the long vowels.

Long Vowel Examples

– Long vowel A is pronounced as ay, for example, LATE is pronounced as l-ay-t. Some other examples of long vowel A are, way, pay, rate, mate, raid, fame, etc.

– Long vowel E is pronounced as ee, for example, DELETE is pronounced as di-lee-t. Some other examples of long vowel E are, scene, beam, be, me, etc.

– Long vowel I is pronounced as aii, for example, MITE is pronounced as m-aii-t. Some other examples of long vowel I are, pine, right, fine, shine, I, etc.

– Long vowel O is pronounced as ou, for example, NOTE is pronounced as n-ou-t. Some other examples of long vowel O are, road, sow, tow, lone, etc.

– Long vowel U pronounced as yu, for example, CUTE is pronounced as k-yu-t. Some other examples of long vowel U are, rude, duke, statue, cue, etc.

Long A Vowel Words

  • acorn
  • apron
  • alien
  • agent
  • basic
  • data
  • baby
  • lady
  • cable
  • radio
  • shaky
  • paper
  • label
  • potato
  • hazy
  • maple
  • table
  • tomato

a _ e

  • bake
  • base
  • cage
  • cake
  • came
  • cane
  • cape
  • case
  • cave
  • date
  • face
  • fade
  • fake
  • fame
  • gate
  • gave
  • hate
  • lace
  • lake
  • lane
  • late
  • made
  • make
  • male
  • mane
  • maze
  • name
  • pace
  • page
  • rake
  • rate
  • safe
  • take
  • tale
  • tape
  • vane
  • wade
  • wage
  • wake
  • agent
  • blade
  • blame
  • brace
  • brake
  • brave
  • chase
  • crane
  • crate
  • drape
  • erase
  • flake
  • flame
  • frame
  • grade
  • grape
  • place
  • plane
  • plate
  • scale
  • skate
  • snake
  • space
  • stage
  • trade
  • whale

ai

  • aid
  • aim
  • bail
  • bait
  • fail
  • gain
  • hail
  • jail
  • mail
  • main
  • paid
  • pain
  • raid
  • rail
  • rain
  • sail
  • tail
  • vain
  • wait
  • await
  • braid
  • brain
  • chain
  • claim
  • daisy
  • drain
  • faint
  • frail
  • grain
  • paint
  • plain
  • quail
  • raise
  • snail
  • stain
  • trail
  • train
  • waist
  • afraid
  • praise
  • raisin
  • sprain
  • strain

– ay

  • bay
  • day
  • hay
  • jay
  • lay
  • pay
  • ray
  • say
  • away
  • clay
  • play
  • pray
  • stay
  • tray
  • relay
  • today

Long E Words

  • even
  • evil
  • ego
  • egypt
  • equal
  • evening

e _ e

  • here
  • these
  • theme
  • gene
  • concede
  • precede
  • concrete
  • compete
  • delete
  • severe
  • sincere
  • complete

ea

  • eat
  • pea
  • sea
  • tea
  • bead
  • beak
  • beam
  • bean
  • beat
  • deal
  • each
  • easy
  • flea
  • heal
  • heap
  • heat
  • lead
  • leaf
  • leak
  • lean
  • leap
  • meal
  • mean
  • meat
  • neat
  • peak
  • read
  • seal
  • seam
  • seat
  • team
  • weak
  • beach
  • cheap
  • cheat
  • clean
  • dream
  • eager
  • eagle
  • feast
  • jeans
  • knead
  • leash
  • least
  • leave
  • peace
  • peach
  • reach
  • sneak
  • speak
  • steal
  • steam
  • teach
  • tease
  • treat
  • weave
  • wheat
  • beacon
  • beagle
  • beaver
  • grease
  • please
  • wreath

ee

  • bee
  • see
  • beef
  • beep
  • deep
  • feed
  • feel
  • feet
  • free
  • glee
  • heed
  • heel
  • jeep
  • keep
  • knee
  • meet
  • need
  • peek
  • peel
  • peep
  • reef
  • reel
  • seed
  • seek
  • seem
  • seen
  • teen
  • tree
  • weed
  • week
  • weep
  • agree
  • bleed
  • cheek
  • creek
  • geese
  • green
  • greet
  • kneel
  • queen
  • sheep
  • sheet
  • sleep
  • speed
  • steel
  • steep
  • sweep
  • sweet
  • teeth
  • three
  • tweet
  • wheel
  • asleep
  • breezze
  • chesse
  • coffee
  • fleece
  • freeze
  • needle
  • sneeze
  • speech
  • street

ie

  • field
  • thief
  • chief
  • alien
  • niece
  • piece
  • believe
  • brief

-y

  • any
  • baby
  • battery
  • belly
  • berry
  • body
  • bony
  • brainy
  • buggy
  • carry
  • cherry
  • chilly
  • city
  • cloudy
  • copy
  • daisy
  • dizzy
  • dolly
  • early
  • easy
  • every
  • ferry
  • hairy
  • icy
  • jelly
  • lady
  • party
  • penny
  • potty
  • pretty
  • salty
  • shiny
  • sorry
  • sticky
  • tidy
  • tiny
  • ugly
  • very
  • windy
  • worry
  • mummy
  • daddy

Long I Words

  • pilot
  • item
  • ivory
  • idea
  • idol
  • iris
  • iron
  • ice
  • cream

i _ e

  • ice
  • bike
  • bite
  • dice
  • dime
  • dive
  • file
  • file
  • fine
  • fire
  • five
  • hide
  • hike
  • hire
  • hive
  • item
  • kite
  • lice
  • life
  • like
  • lime
  • line
  • live
  • mice
  • nice
  • nine
  • pike
  • pile
  • pine
  • pipe
  • rice
  • ride
  • ripe
  • rise
  • side
  • size
  • tide
  • tile
  • time
  • tire
  • vine
  • wide
  • wife
  • wipe
  • wire
  • wise
  • alike
  • arise
  • bride
  • chime
  • crime
  • drive
  • glide
  • knife
  • price
  • pride
  • prize
  • shine
  • slice
  • slide
  • smile
  • spike
  • white

igh

  • high
  • sigh
  • fight
  • light
  • might
  • night
  • right
  • sight
  • tight
  • bright
  • flight
  • knight
  • delight
  • tonight
  • lightening

ie

  • die
  • lie
  • pie
  • tie
  • cried
  • tried
  • dried
  • fried
  • tied

-y

  • by
  • my
  • cry
  • dry
  • fry
  • fly
  • sly
  • spy
  • shy
  • why
  • apply
  • comply
  • supply
  • rely
  • reply
  • July
  • rhyme
  • cycle

Long O Words

  • go
  • so
  • no
  • bonus
  • focus
  • hotel
  • robot
  • total
  • omit
  • tomato
  • potato
  • banjo
  • piano

o _ e

  • go
  • so
  • no
  • bonus
  • focus
  • hotel
  • robot
  • total
  • omit
  • tomato
  • potato
  • banjo
  • piano
  • bone
  • code
  • cone
  • cope
  • dome
  • dose
  • hole
  • home
  • hope
  • hose
  • joke
  • lobe
  • mole
  • mope
  • nose
  • note
  • pole
  • poke
  • robe
  • rode
  • rope
  • rose
  • tone
  • vote
  • woke
  • wove
  • zone
  • alone
  • awoke
  • broke
  • choke
  • chose
  • close
  • drove
  • froze
  • globe
  • grove
  • phone
  • scope
  • slope
  • smoke
  • spoke
  • stole
  • stone
  • stove

oa

  • oak
  • oat
  • boat
  • coal
  • coat
  • foam
  • goal
  • goat
  • load
  • loaf
  • loan
  • oat
  • road
  • roam
  • soak
  • soap
  • toad
  • bloat
  • cloak
  • coach
  • coast
  • float
  • toast
  • throat

ow

  • bow
  • row
  • low
  • mow
  • own
  • tow
  • blow
  • bowl
  • crow
  • flow
  • glow
  • grow
  • know
  • show
  • slow
  • snow
  • arrow
  • below
  • fellow
  • follow
  • hollow
  • pillow
  • window
  • yellow

oe

  • toe
  • foe
  • hoe
  • doe

Long U Words

  • unicorn
  • bugle
  • cupid
  • human
  • music
  • duty
  • unit
  • uniform
  • student

u _ e

  • use
  • cube
  • cute
  • dude
  • duke
  • fuse
  • huge
  • June
  • mule
  • mute
  • rude
  • rule
  • tube
  • tune
  • chute
  • fluke
  • flume
  • flute

ew

  • dew
  • few
  • mew
  • new
  • blew
  • brew
  • chew
  • crew
  • drew
  • flew
  • grew
  • knew
  • news
  • stew
  • screw
  • threw
  • jewel

oo

  • too
  • pool
  • room
  • moon
  • soon
  • food
  • mood
  • roost
  • proof
  • scoop
  • bloom
  • school
  • smooth
  • tooth
  • igloo
  • gloomy
  • goose
  • noodle
  • loose
  • spook

ue

  • due
  • Sue
  • glue
  • clue
  • blue