The vowel in "mud" is a short vowel sound.
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No, the word "must" does not have a long vowel sound. It has a short vowel sound where the "u" is pronounced as /ʌ/.
No, "mud" does not contain a short vowel. The sound "u" in "mud" is a lax or reduced vowel sound, often referred to as a schwa.
No, "blood" is not a long vowel word. The "oo" in "blood" makes a short vowel sound.
"Run" has a short vowel sound. The "u" in "run" is pronounced as /ʌ/ like in "fun" or "mud."
The A is a schwa.The O in the stressed syllable (the second one) has a short U sound, as in mud and love.The E is silent.
No, the word "must" does not have a long vowel sound. It has a short vowel sound where the "u" is pronounced as /ʌ/.
No, "blood" is not a long vowel word. The "oo" in "blood" makes a short vowel sound.
The A is a schwa.The O in the stressed syllable (the second one) has a short U sound, as in mud and love.The E is silent.
Yes, the word "flood" has a short U sound, pronounced as "fluhd."
I believe you are asking about the word 'can'? Yes, it has a short 'a' sound, so is just pronounced 'can'. The general rule on short words that follow the pattern CVC (consonant-vowel-consonant) is that the vowel will usually be short. For example, words such as 'pan, hat, bag, bug, win, hum, sit, wet, pen, dot, hot, tub, map, mud', etc, all have short vowel sounds.
The U in lumber has a short U vowel sound, as in the rhyming words number and encumber. Other short U words include duck, tub, mud, stuff, hum, nut, fuzz, and ugly. The sound is also seen in the OU words rough, tough, and enough. The A words "what" and "was" have a short U sound, as also in the words "does" and because.
The word truck has a short U sound (uh) as in the rhyming words buck, luck, muck, puck, and stuck. Other short U words include tub, mud, stuff, hum, nut, and ugly, and the sound is also seen in the words rough, tough, and enough.
Long vowel words typically contain a vowel that says its name (e.g. "cake", "high"), while short vowel words have a vowel sound similar to its letter name (e.g. "cat", "bed"). To sort these words, you can listen for the vowel sound and categorize them based on their pronunciation. Practice and exposure to different words will help you differentiate between long and short vowel sounds more easily.
Words with a short U sound:bud, bug, bun, bus, but, bump, bust, buckcub, cup, crumble, crust, crushduck, dud, dub, dug, dull, dustfun, fumble, fuss, frustrategum, gun, gusthumble, hug, hut, hush, hustlejump, jut, just, junklumber, lump, luck, lugmug, must, mud, muscle muddle, muchnut, numberpun, pump, puck, plum, plug, puddlerum, run, rut, rug, rust, rushsuch, suds, sumtug, tuck, trustyum* Some words have a short u sound, but it's made by another letter. For example:coverdonelovesomewas
The word "bubble" has a short U (uh) vowel sound, as in the words bump and rubble.Other short U words include:U words - tub, duck, mud, stuff, hum, numb, nut, ugly, upperOUGH words (uff) - rough, tough, enoughThe consonant sounds S and W are often followed by a short U sound:A words - was, whatO words - one, none, wonder, some, son, won, tonnageOO words - flood, blood
Flood, bud, thud, cud are examples of words that rhyme with mud and have a short "u" sound.
The short U sound is seen in these spellings: U - tub, mud, stuff, hum, nut, and ugly OU - rough, tough OO - blood, flood O (followed by F or V) - of, love, shove A - was, what