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Chapter        7      The Many Sounds of Y

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 The vowel sounds of Y:

1. When Y is at the end of a two-syllable word, it is usually sounds like the long E.

Examples:

  party                 candy             sunny

  baby                  fifty                 angry

Exceptions:

  apply         July         supply            reply

2. When Y is at the end of a one-syllable word, it is usually sounds like the long I.

Examples:

  cry              my          fly           why                       

  sky              by           try

3. When Y is in the middle of a word, it is usually sounds like the short I.

Examples:

  gym           bicycle           myth              physics                 

 *gypsy

*gypsy: the first y = the short i

                the last y = the long e

**Note:

In words like say, play, day, may, gray, and way, the letter “y” is a silent vowel, but it changes the letter “a” into a long vowel sound.

The consonant sound of Y:

When Y is the beginning letter of a word, it is a consonant and we say its consonant sound.

Examples:

  you                     yarn               year                young           

  yesterday         Yankees

Practice 1：long I sound or long E sound ??

puppy                                            (long E)

candy                                             (long E)

fly                                                   (long I)

fry                                                   (long I)

fifty                                                 (long E)

lily                                                   (long E)

pony                                              (long E)

dry                                                  (long I)

July                                                 (long I)

Practice 2：long I sound, long E sound, short I sound or consonant sound ??

why                                                 (long I)

tiny                                                 (long E)

yeast                                              (consonant)

lucky                                              (long E)

reply                                              (long I)

shy                                                  (long I)

yield                                               (consonant)

gypsy                                             (short I, long E)

yearn                                             (consonant)

Sally                                               (long E)

Billy                                                (long E)

cry                                                  (long I)

bicycle                                           (short I)

sunny                                             (long E)

sixty                                                (long E)

bye                                                 (long I)

windy                                            (long E)

myth                                              (short I)

sky                                                  (long I)

Italy                                                (long E)

needy                                            (long E)

my                                                  (long I)

apply                                              (long I)

yummy                                          (consonant, long E)