The I in silent has a long I sound as in mile. The -ent has a schwa sound.
The 'o' is a long vowel; the 'a' is silent.
No. The I in silent has a long I sound as in mile.
The A in save is a long A, and the E is silent.
It has a long I vowel sound (the GH is silent).
The A in wave has a long A vowel sound. The E is silent.
Long U, silent E
No. It is a silent vowel. The word bread is pronounced (bred).
Yes. The first I has a short I sound and the second I has a long I sound. The E is silent.
The A has a long A vowel sound, as in table. The E is silent.
Silent has two vowel sounds in it. The I is a long I sound. The E is an unstressed sound called a schwa, which sounds like eh or uh.
It is silent. (It makes the A a long vowel.)
No. Bath is a short vowel word (short A as in bat and math), but bathe is a long vowel word with its silent E.