A vowel digraph is two vowels that are written together in a word, but only one sound is produced. Examples include "ai" in "rain" and "ee" in "tree".
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.
Yes. The AI pair has a long A vowel sound.
No. The EA vowel pair has a long E sound, as in mean and clean.
Yes. The EA vowel pair has the same short E sound as "bred."
A vowel digraph is two vowels that are written together in a word, but only one sound is produced. Examples include "ai" in "rain" and "ee" in "tree".
Yes. The AI pair has a long A vowel sound.
Yes, "pail" has a short vowel sound. The "a" in "pail" is pronounced with a short vowel sound, like the "a" in "cat."
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No. The OA pair has a long O vowel sound as in coat.
The word "chain" has a short vowel sound for the letter "a."
The EI vowel pair has a long A sound in seine (sounds like sane).
Yes, the word "sprout" has a short vowel sound. The "ou" in "sprout" is pronounced as /aʊ/.
The word "fruit" has the "oo" vowel sound, as in "boot" or "moon".
The EA pair has a long E vowel sound (meen).
No, both the AA pair and the lone A are short vowel sounds (arr).
The EA pair has a long E vowel sound, as in reach and leak.