AI
The AI sound starts
with the A (“ah”) sound and moves into an EE sound. The key is to make sure you this sound ends with the tense EE
(“ah--ee”). If you don’t, it sounds
like “ah.” AI sounds like the name of the letter “i.”
Instructions to
make this sound: Can you hear two sounds?
The AI sound moves from an A sound to an EE sound.
Common problems:
Not pronouncing the EE at the end of this sound, so “I’ll” sounds like “all.”
Common spellings:
AI as in “Thailand,” EIGH as in “height,” I as in “item,” IE as in “pie,” IGH
as in “high,” O as in “coyote,” UI as in “guide,” Y as in “fly”
I I
like pie
eyes my tired
eyes
night Friday
night
while while
filing
good-bye why say good-bye
Mike is trying to
write about sky diving.
The airline strike isolated the entire island.