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3.4: The Vowel (i)

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Jun 15, 2022
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- 3.3: The Vowel <e>
- 3.5: The Vowel (o)

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Overview of the Vowel

The sound the spells in hid is called short , and is written [i].

The sound the spells in hide is called long , and is written [ī].

Examples

Note whether each letter , or combination of letters, makes a short or [i] sound versus a long or [ī] sound.

1. kiss - short or [i]

2. tries - long or [ī]

Review

Label each word as having a short or long vowel .

twine
brim
disc
dive
pike
grind
mint
pitch
wild
swift

Label each word with [i] or [ī]. Note: [i] is the short sound and [ī] is the long sound.

witch
shrimp
vie
mitt
fry
light
chill
mice
pint
glimpse

Show Answer

Label each word as having a short or long vowel .

twine - long 
brim - short 
disc - short 
dive - long 
pike - long 
grind - long 
mint - short 
pitch - short 
wild - long 
swift - short

Label each word with [i] or [ī]. Note: [i] is the short sound and [ī] is the long sound.

witch - [i]
shrimp - [i]
vie - [ī]
mitt - [i]
fry - [ī]
light - [ī]
chill - [i]
mice - [ī]
pint - [ī]
glimpse - [i]

Spelling Long

Most of the time [ī] is spelled in the regular long vowel patterns VCV, V.V, Ve#, and VCle. The next most common spelling of [ī] is <y> in the regular long vowel patterns VCV, V#, Ve#, V.V, and VCle. Both and <y> often spell [ī] in the V.V pattern when certain suffixes are added to stems that end in <ie>, <ye>, or <y>.

Examples

You can hear the long sound, [ī], in the words ripe, tie, liar, and style.

Review

Find the that spells [ī] in each of the following words. Mark the and the letters after it to show which of these four patterns each word contains.
$\begin{align*} & \text{disguise} && \text{recognize} && \text{violence} && \text{idea} && \text{digest}\\ & \text{tie} && \text{client} && \text{silence} && \text{pioneer} && \text{bible}\\ & \text{trifle} && \text{exercise} && \text{appetite} && \text{finally} && \text{triumph}\\ & \text{acquire} && \text{survival} && \text{annihilate} && \text{bridle} && \text{lie}\\ & \text{bicycle} && \text{pie} && \text{title} && \text{horizon} && \text{variety} \end{align*}$

Sort the twenty-five words into these four groups.

Words in which [ī] is spelled <i> in the pattern...
VCV		V.V	VCle	Ve#

In each of the following words find the <y> that is spelling [ī] and mark the pattern that it is in.
$\begin{align*} & \text{analyze} && \text{cycle} && \text{unicycle} && \text{hygiene} && \text{typewriter}\\ & \text{butterfly} && \text{multiply} && \text{rhyme} && \text{hyena} && \text{xylophone}\\ & \text{dye} && \text{typist} && \text{qualify} && \text{terrify} && \text{denying}\\ & \text{occupy} && \text{supply} && \text{testify} && \text{denying} && \text{tying}\\ & \text{recycle} && \text{hyacinth} && \text{style} && \text{vying} && \text{identify} \end{align*}$

Sort the words into the following five groups.

Words with [ī] spelled <y> in the pattern...
V#		VCV	V.V	VCle	Ve#

Find the letters that are spelling [ī] in the words below and mark the V.V pattern in each one. Then analyze each word into stem plus suffix to show how the V.V pattern comes about.

Word	= Stem + Suffix
identifiable	= identif y + i + able
multiplying	=
liar	=
drier	=
qualifying	=
dying	=
identifiable	=
reliance	=
supplier	=

Show Answer

$\begin{align*} & \text{disguise} && \text{recognize} && \text{violence} && \text{idea} && \text{digest}\\ & \hspace{3.5mm}vcv && \hspace{3mm}vcv && v.v && vcv && vcv\\ & \text{tie} && \text{client} && \text{silence} && \text{pioneer} && \text{bible}\\ & \hspace{1mm}ve\text{#} && \hspace{1mm}v.v && \hspace{1mm}vcv && \hspace{1mm}v.v && \hspace{2mm}vcle\\ & \text{trifle} && \text{exercise} && \text{appetite} && \text{finally} && \text{triumph}\\ & \hspace{1mm}vcle && \hspace{3mm}vcv && \hspace{3mm}vcv && vcv && v.v\\ & \text{acquire} && \text{survival} && \text{annihilate} && \text{bridle} && \text{lie}\\ & \hspace{3mm}vcv && \hspace{3mm}vcv && \hspace{3mm}vcv && \hspace{2mm}vcle && ve\text{#}\\ & \text{bicycle} && \text{pie} && \text{title} && \text{horizon} && \text{variety}\\ & \hspace{1mm}vcv && ve\text{#} && \hspace{2mm}vcle && \hspace{3mm}vcv && \hspace{3mm}v.v \end{align*}$

Words in which [ī] is spelled <i> in the pattern...
VCV		V.V	VCle	Ve#
disguise	appetite	client	trifle	tie
acquire	annihilate	violence	title	pie
bicycle	idea	pioneer	bridle	lie
recognize	finally	triumph	bible
exercise	horizon	variety
survival	digest
silence

$\begin{align*} & \text{analyze} && \text{cycle} && \text{unicycle} && \text{hygiene} && \text{typewriter}\\ & \hspace{4mm}vcv && \hspace{2mm}vcle && \hspace{7mm}vcle && vcv && vcv\\ & \text{butterfly} && \text{multiply} && \text{rhyme} && \text{hyena} && \text{xylophone}\\ & \hspace{4mm}v\text{#} && \hspace{4mm}v\text{#} && \hspace{3mm}vcv && v.v && vcv\\ & \text{dye} && \text{typist} && \text{qualify} && \text{terrify} && \text{denying}\\ & ve\text{#} && vcv && \hspace{4mm}v\text{#} && \hspace{4mm}v\text{#} && \hspace{4mm}v.v\\ & \text{occupy} && \text{supply} && \text{testify} && \text{denying} && \text{tying}\\ & \hspace{4mm}v\text{#} && \hspace{4mm}v\text{#} && \hspace{4mm}v\text{#} && \hspace{4mm}v.v && \hspace{2mm}v.v\\ & \text{recycle} && \text{hyacinth} && \text{style} && \text{vying} && \text{identify}\\ & \hspace{4mm}vcle && v.v && \hspace{2mm}vcv && v.v && \hspace{4mm}v\text{#} \end{align*}$

Words with [ī] spelled <y> in the pattern...
V#		VCV	V.V	VCle	Ve#
butterfly	terrify	analyze	hyena	cycle	dye
multiply	testify	rhyme	tying	unicycle
occupy	deny	hygiene	hyacinth	recycle
qualify	identify	typewriter	vying
supply		xylophone	denying
		typist
		style

Word	= Stem + Suffix
identifiable	= identif y + i + able
multiplying	= multiply + ing
liar	= li e + ar
drier	= dr y + i + er
qualifying	= qualify + ing
dying	= d ie + y + ing
identifiable	= identif y + i + able
reliance	= rel y + i + ance
supplier	= suppl y+ i + er

Overview of the Vowel <i>

Examples

Review

Spelling Long <i>

Examples

Review

Long <i> and the VCC Pattern

Digraph Spellings of Long <i>

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