VCE syllables have what kind of vowel: long. Closed syllables have what kind of vowel: short. Open syllables have what kind of vowel: long. What do closed syllables end with: a consonant. VCE syllables end with a what: silent bossy e. What do long vowels say: their name. When is y a vowel: when it's at the end of an open syllable. What is a syllable: the natural breaks in a word between the voiced vowels and consonants. What type of syllable contains a bossy e: VCE. What is a digraph: two letters, one sound. What is a trigraph: three letters, one sound. Why are vowles in VCE words long: the bossy e tells them to be long. What do we call a word with more than one syllable: multisyllabic word. What is a consonant blend: two or more consonants next to each other in a word that retain their own sound. What are the vowels: a,e,i,o,u, sometimes y. What is a digraph blend: when a consonant is blended with a digraph. What makes this sound: long i and y in an open syllable. What word has the letter that makes this sound: apple