long i words with pictures
How to use the long I words with pictures
These free printable cards are great for both teaching English pronunciation and at the same time helping learners expand their vocabularies. Just print and cut out the cards and they can be used in all manner of educational activities. Here are a few ideas –
- Pelmanism/matching. This can be done by either printing 2 sets of cards t match or by cutting the words off the bottom of the cards to match with the pictures.
- Arranging. Ask your students to arrange the cards alphabetically, by long I sound spelling type, as verbs nouns, or adjectives, by the number of syllables, or any other way you like.
- Making sentences. Give students several cards and ask them to create a sentence using the words.
- Comparisons. Ask your students to think of short I sound words that are similar to the cards. For example, for the word “type” they could say “tip” and for “sky” they could say “ski”.
- For some younger learners, you can just give them a long I word list and ask them to draw the words.
- If you cut the words off the bottom of the cards you can give students a list of the words that are jumbled up to make a puzzle game. For lime give them lmei, for knight give them ntihgk, and so on.
- Rhyming. Get your students to find and group together all the words that rhyme.
Long I words list
Here is a long I word list that you can use to create your own activities. The words have been listed in alphabetical order.Note that there may be some occasions where a word does not have the long I sound depending on if you are using UK English or North American English.
align
alike
alive
analyze
apply
archetype
arise
arrive
aside
behind
bicycle
bike
bite
blind
bribe
bride
bright
butterfly
by
byte
delight
cacti
child
chime
China
classify
climb
combine
comply
cried
crime
cry
cycle
cyclone
cyclops
decide
defy
deny
describe
design
despite
dice
die
dime
dine
dive
dried
drive
dry
drying
dying
enzyme
excitement
exercise
eyesight
fight
file
final
finally
find
fine
fire
five
flashlight
flight
fly
fortnight
freestyle
Friday
fried
fright
frighten
fry
giant
gigabyte
glide
guide
gripe
hairstyle
hi
hide
high
higher
highest
highway
hike
hire
hive
hydrogen
hype
I
I’d
I’ll
I’m
I’ve
ice
idea
idol
inside
irate
iris
iron
item
ivory
July
kind
kite
knife
knight
library
lice
lie
life
light
lightning
like
likely
lime
line
lion
live
lying
magnify
mice
midnight
might
mighty
mild
mind
mine
mistype
mite
modify
moonlight
multiply
my
myself
nearby
nice
night
nine
nylon
occupy
organise
outside
paralyse
pie
pike
pile
pilot
pine
pipe
price
pride
prize
provide
quiet
realise
reconcile
recycle
rely
reply
rhyme
rice
ride
right
ripe
rise
satisfy
science
shine
shy
side
sigh
sight
sign
silent
site
size
sky
skylight
slice
slide
slide
slide
slight
slime
sly
smile
sometime
spider
spike
spy
style
sunlight
supply
surprise
thigh
thy
thyme
tide
tie
tied
tight
tighten
tighter
tile
time
tire
tonight
trial
tricycle
tried
try
twilight
tyke
type
typewriter
tyrant
upright
vine
white
why
wide
wife
wild
wipe
wire
wise
write
Long I words practice sentences
These fun sentences are perfect for practicing the long I sound. You can also provide your students with a word list and see if they can make their own. It doesn’t matter how ridiculous the sentences are as long as they are grammatically correct.
Ivan wipes and shines all the time.
A line of lions biting thighs.
Why fly if there’s ice in the sky?
Guides climb and hike for sights.
The nearby library is quiet at night.
The nice lime pie slice is mine.
Related activities
If you enjoyed these resources you may also want to check out the long U words with pictures page.
There are also a ton of similar free resources with printable flashcards in the pronunciation section of ESL Vault.
