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The name of the vowel is the long sound of the vowel. 

Long a can be written in the word in these following ways:-

ai - when ai diagraph is used it gives the long a sound. For example - rain, train, paint.

ay - ay also gives the long a sound.

For example - tray, play, hay .

A small tip: looking at the above examples we may remember that ai comes in the middle of the word and ay at the end.

Magic e- a_e

When vowel a is followed by a consonant and vowel e , the magician e rubs over some magic over the consonant to vowel a and makes it a long sound from short sound magically.

For example: cap - cape

Tap - tape

Hat - hate.

ea - ea also gives long a sound 

For example - bread, thread, ready 

The name of the vowel is the long sound of the vowel.
Long a can be written in the word in these following ways:-
ai - when the ai digraph is used, it gives the long a sound. For example - rain, train, paint.
Ay - ay also gives the long a sound.
For example - tray, play, hay.
A small tip: looking at the above examples, we may remember that ai comes in the middle of the word and ay at the end.
Magic e- a_e
When vowel a is followed by a consonant and vowel e, the magician e rubs over some magic over the consonant to vowel a and makes it a long sound from a short sound magically.
For example cap - cape
Tap - tape
Hat - hate.
ea - ea also gives long a sound
For example - bread, thread, ready

Long sound

Vowels a, e, i, o and u give sound to the consonants when we make words. 

Vowels have both long and short sounds.

We can define long sound as ' the name of the letter is the sound of the letter.'

Examples of long sound words are rain, pain, chain, tree, bee, pie, die, magpie, road, goat, argue, barbecue etc.

The vowel a can have a long sound by using ai, ay magic e etc. 

For instance: 'ai'

Example sn+ ai+l = snail

        r + ai+ n = rain

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ee, ea for long e

For instance, 'ee' for long e sound

Sh + ee + t = sheet 

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  i.e., y for long i sound

 Use of ' ie' for long i. ( Pie)

P + ie = pie

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         ' oa' for long o ( coat)

C+ oa + t = coat

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   ew, ue for long u sound.

      'ue' for long u ( cue)

C+ ue = cue

 One more way of remembering the sound is by the quote

' when 2 letters are walking, 1st does the talking'.

LETRA C 

Si la letra C está antes de la letra E ó I, suena como CE, CI (SE, SI).

Ejemplos: CIEN, CERRO, CERRAR, LUCIR. 

Si la letra C está antes de la letras A, O, U, suena como K (CA/KA, CO/KO, CU/KU).

Ejemplos: CASA, CAROLINA, COMER, CUERPO, CUADERNO, CORRER. 

También suena como K cuándo la letra está al final de la palabra. 

Ejemplos: bloc, zinc, tic, cómic.

Phonetics:

How to spell letters?

A        a:      ei 

B        b:      bi 

C        c:      ci

D        d:      dee 

E        e:       ii

F        f:        ef 

G       g:       jee 

H       h:       ech 

I         i:        ai 

J        j:        jei 

K       k:       kei 

L        l:        el

M      m:      em 

N       n:       en

O       o:      ou

P       p:       pi 

Q       q:      kyu 

R        r:      aar 

S        s:     es 

T        t:      tee 

U        u:     yoo 

V        v:     vi 

W       w:    dablyu 

X        x:     eks 

Y        y:     vay

Z        z:     jhed 

For young children and beginners:

'oo' in a word is pronounced as a short 'oo' or long 'OO'

• Words where two  o's are followed by a hard consonant like k, d are pronounced with a short oo sound.
• Words where two o's are followed by soft consonants like f, m, n, s and t are pronounced wih a long OO sound.
• Exceptions are cases that do not follow general rules.

Words with short 'oo': Book, cook, look, hook, took, shook, cook, good, hood, stood, wood, 

Exceptions with short 'oo': Foot, 

Stretch the 'OO' sound long in these words: Boot, hoot, loot, roof, hoof,  moon, soon, boon, noon, spoon, room, bloom, gloom, doom, root, loot, monsoon, cartoon, baboon, maroon, loose, goose. 

Exceptions with long 'OO': Mood, food, brood, spook