The following words all have a long E sound:
eel, bean, deed, feast, green, heel, jeans, kneel, least, meat, priest, queen, real, sweet, teen, wheat, zeal.
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The suffix -tion can follow a long A :
administration (second A)
repatriation / repatriate (two long A's)
remineralization
inebriation
simplification
Others are
obeisance (EI says A)
amazingly (second A)
orchestrating
extemporaneous
Examples of long words with a long "A" sound include: apricot, aeroplane, acclimate, and academic.
Words that begin with a short A sound include:ableaceacheacornagealeaidailaimanalangelaortaapeapexapronasymmetricedelweiss (ay-del-vice)
Compound words with the long A sound:birthday (2nd syllable has the long A sound)heyday (both words have long A)mailbox (first syllable = long A)payday (both syllables have the long A sound)playmate (both syllables have the long A sound)stalemate (both syllables have the long A sound)tailgate (both syllables have the long A sound)
Words ending in the long a vowel sound ("eɪ" in the phonetic alphabet) usually end with -ay in English words such as:playstaygayhaymay
There are compound words such as paymaster that have both a long A and a short A. Also some words with a short A plus a long A formed by a silent E, such as activate and accelerate. Other words that have both a long and short A: ashtray (short/long) playback (long/short)
Some examples of words with a long i vowel sound are: kite, time, like, and lime.