The EE in seed has a long E vowel, as in feed and weed.
The vowel sound in the word "seed" is short.
Yes, the word "seed" has a short E vowel sound like in "bed" or "red."
Long vowel sounds are pronounced for a longer duration and are the same as the name of the vowel (e.g. "cake" - the "a" sounds like the name of the letter). Short vowel sounds are pronounced for a shorter duration and often differ from the name of the vowel (e.g. "cat" - the "a" sounds like "uh").
The main vowel sounds in English are a, e, i, o, and u. Each vowel can also have a long or short sound, as well as various diphthongs (a combination of two vowel sounds in the same syllable). Additionally, there are r-controlled vowels and schwa sound, which are commonly found in English.
The word "precede" has the long e sound, pronounced as "pre-ceed."
The vowel sounds in English include the following: /iː/ as in "sheep," /ɪ/ as in "sit," /e/ as in "red," /æ/ as in "cat," /ɑː/ as in "car," /ɔː/ as in "dog," /ʊ/ as in "foot," /uː/ as in "moon," /ə/ as in "about," /ɛ/ as in "bed," and /ɪə/ as in "near."
Yes, the word "seed" has a short E vowel sound like in "bed" or "red."
The EE pair has a long E sound, as in seed and greed.
Long vowel sounds are pronounced for a longer duration and are the same as the name of the vowel (e.g. "cake" - the "a" sounds like the name of the letter). Short vowel sounds are pronounced for a shorter duration and often differ from the name of the vowel (e.g. "cat" - the "a" sounds like "uh").
There are 5. long A - day, paid, name long E - we, seed, bean long I - lie, fine, sigh long O - bowl, comb, low, sew long U (oo or yoo) - cool, moon, suit / cute, fuel, unit The semi-vowel Y may be a long E, short I, or long I.
The main vowel sounds in English are a, e, i, o, and u. Each vowel can also have a long or short sound, as well as various diphthongs (a combination of two vowel sounds in the same syllable). Additionally, there are r-controlled vowels and schwa sound, which are commonly found in English.
Need, weed, seed
Yes, the middle 'e' of concede is a long e, since you pronounce it the same as the letter's name. "Concede" would sound like "con seed" (think bird seed ! )
Yes, the word 'teeth' does make the long e sound. When you see two e's together it is a clue that the word will have the long e sound. Some other words that are like that are beets, seed, and keen.
The word "precede" has the long e sound, pronounced as "pre-ceed."
Seed - Afro Celt Sound System album - was created on 2003-03-25.
Basic Vowel Sounds (according to one classification scheme)long A - day, paid, namelong E - we, seed, beanlong I - lie, fine, sighlong O - bowl, comb, low, sewlong U (oo or yoo) - cool, moon, suit / cute, fuel, unitshort A - apple, bad, last,short E - bed, get, headshort I - did, pin, sitshort O - body, cop, hotshort U - cut, dumb, floodshort OO - good, foot, could, putR-shaped A - car, starR-shaped I (usually considered long E) - near, pierAW/OR (may include long O words in British English) - saw, lawn, caught / horse, courtR-shaped U - bird, her, heard, purr, urge* R-shaped long A - air, fairOI (oy)- boy, noise, pointOU (ow) - cow, sound, outSchwa sound (eh/uh) - unstressed sound like A in about or sofa, E in matter*Schwa R sound (er/ur) - A in cedar, E in water
The seed is incased in a seed coat that is very protective and the embryo within the seed is dormant, meaning that the seed is able to survive long periods without food or water.