/aɪ/

● Technical definition

It is a dipthong vowel sound, which is informally called “Long I” and a bit more
formally called “The long sound of the letter I”

● How to pronounce the /aɪ/ sound

/aɪ/ starts with the jaw open and the tongue more or less in the centre [ɑ] then it
glides to [i]
Look at the mouth diagram to see how to make this vowel sound

The English diphthong / aı / begins as /a/, a short lax non-labialized front retracted
open /a/ and immediately proceeds in the direction of the English /ı/. The lips are
neutral. The distance between the jaws is wider at the beginning of the articulation
and rather narrow at the end.

● Common spelling

1. With “ie”: die, pie, lie.

2. With “i”: child, blind. bind.
3. With “ig”: sign, design.
4. With “igh”: sigh, highly, flight, alright.
5. With “y”: cycle, rely, supply, thereby.

● Tongue Twister

You've no need to light a night-light

On a light night like tonight,
For a night-light's light's a slight light,
And tonight's a night that's light.
 /aɪ/
When a night's light, like tonight's light,
It is really not quite right
To light night-lights with their slight lights
On a light night like tonight.

● Word position

Initial Middle Final

iron alive clarify

isle insider goodbye

iris spider thigh

● Isolated words

kind flight pride height side by

try sometimes provide size nice science

site eye highly variety entirely crime

library twice wine sign wild sky

cycle buyer anxiety whereby sunshine pie

bride paradise shy knight kite butterfly

● Discrimination exercise

microwave lifeboat slip rye arthritis tidal

fit dye inspire citation almighty hindsight

aisle online nitrate stylish afraid apologise

idle icy shiny phonics textile diagnostic

lightning rain slice daylight rival pine

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Stay the night - Zedd ft. Hayley Williams

__ know that we are up-_______-down

So hold your tongue and hear me out
__ know that we were made to break
So what? __ don't ______

You kill the ______, __'ll draw the ______

Don't dull the sparkle in your ______
__ know that we were made to break
So what? __ don't ______

Are you gonna stay the ______?

Are you gonna stay the ______?
Woah, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Are you gonna stay the ______?
Are you gonna stay the ______?
Doesn't mean we're bound for ______
So-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Are you gonna stay the ______?

__ am a ______, you’re gasoline

Come pour yourself all over me
We'll let this place go down in flames
Only one more ______

You kill the ______, __'ll draw the ______

Don't dull the sparkle in your ______
__ know that we were made to break
So what? __ don't ______

Are you gonna stay the ______?

Are you gonna stay the ______?
Woah, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Are you gonna stay the ______?
Are you gonna stay the ______?
Doesn't mean we're bound for ______
So-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Are you gonna stay the ______?