Which word contains a long vowel sound in the following sentence? Dogs like tennis balls.

like

Like contains the long / i / vowel sound. Most of the time when words end with a silent / e/, the vowel before the consonant before the / e / has a long sound. For example, rat has a short / a / sound. When the / e / is added at the end to make "rate", the / a / changes to a long / a / sound. Other examples are hop - hope, man - mane, cut - cute, sit - site.

The only word in this sentence that contains a long vowel is the word "like."

Explanation:

A long vowel is pronounced the same way has the letter itself. Let's break apart each of the words.

dog - Here, the vowel "o" makes an "ah" sound. It is not a long vowel because the "o" does not make an "oh" sound.

like - The vowel "i" makes an "ay" sound. This is the same as the pronunciation of the letter "i." Therefore, the "i" is a long vowel.

tennis - This word has two vowels - e and i. The "e" is prounounced like "eh" and the "i" is prounced like "ih." They are short vowels.

balls - The vowel "a" is prounounced like "ah." It is also a short vowel.