What sound does Y make in the middle of a word?
What sound does Y make in the middle of a word?
The letter 'y' acts as a consonant at the start of words (yes, yet, yell). At the end of a word 'y' can make a long 'e' (ee) sound (happy) or a long 'i' (eye) sound (cry). In the middle of words 'y' can make a long or short 'i' sound (gym/style).
What sounds does the letter Y make?
Typically at the beginning of the word the “y” makes the consonant /y/ sound. The “y” also has two vowel sounds. Typically, in a one syllable word the “y” at the end of the word makes the long “i” sound as in the following words: cry, fry, try.
What is a verb for the letter Y?
yeard, yearn, yearned, yell, yelled, yelling, yellow, yellowed, yellowing, yelped, yelping. yield, yielded, yielding, yields. yodeling. Verbs1.com has many examples of verbs which begin with various letters.