Yes. The digraph OW has a long O vowel sound.
It has an OW sound (OW or OU digraph) and is not a long vowel sound.
A split digraph is when a vowel digraph is split by a consonant, such as the 'e' at the end of a word making the vowel say its name as in "time" or "hope." It occurs when an 'e' at the end of a word changes the short vowel sound to a long vowel sound.
No. It has a long A as it is a split digraph. In fad the A ia a short vowel sound, like in "pad". However the E at the end of "fade" extends the vowel sound to make it an "ay" sound, like in paid. This is called a split digraph - see made, wade, tale, mane etc.
Yes, the word "quicksand" is a short vowel word because the vowel sound in the middle, "i," is pronounced as a short "i" sound, like in the word "quilt."
"Boat" is a word with a vowel digraph, with the "oa" representing a single vowel sound.
The E has a short E sound, and the -tion has a schwa sound (kwes-chehn).Here the U does not have a vowel sound, as the QU is a digraph with the KW sound.
No. It has the digraph vowel OI (oy).
A vowel digraph typically makes one sound, which is a unique sound that is different from the individual sounds of the vowels in the digraph. Examples include the "ai" in "rain" making the long /ā/ sound, or the "ea" in "leaf" making the long /ē/ sound.
The word "your" contains a vowel pair (ou) rather than a vowel digraph. Vowel pairs are two adjacent vowels that each make their own distinct sound, while digraphs are two letters that make a single sound.
In these words ephemeral pheromone the E following the PH has a short E sound (ih-fem-ur-ul). The word "phlegm" has an extra consonant, the L.
The A in "had" has a short A vowel sound as in have, has, and bad.
A digraph is a combination of two letters that make a single sound, like "th" in "this." A vowel pair is two vowels that appear together in a word, where each vowel retains its individual sound, like "ea" in "eat."