Spelling the long vowel sounds

The long vowels are those you hear at the start of these words:

ape

evening

ice-cream

oval

unicorn

Often, dictionaries will use a macron above the letter to mark the long vowels:

You can spell each long vowel sound in a number of ways.

This unit deals with the main ways of spelling each of these.

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