If you are talking about the name "Allen", then the "a" is pronounced as a short "a" just like the words "cat", "bat", and "hat."
It is a long A because it pronounces the letter. example: the A in ace is long sounding; the A in sat is short sounding.
It has a short sound, the short O sounding like "ah."The long O sound is seen in the word mope.
It has a short U vowel sound, sounding the same as "sum."
No, Cabbage and Age do NOT rhyme, because the 'a' in 'cabbage' is short-sounding, and the 'a' in 'age' is long sounding. Therefore, they don't rhyme with each other because they have different sounding vowels.
no
yes because it doesn't say something like we instead of sounding like hi.
No, the word "hymn" does not have a short vowel sound. The 'y' in "hymn" makes a long vowel sound, sounding like "hi-m".
The first O is long sounding (As in No or Boat) and the second O is short as in (Box or lock)
Despite the silent E, the O in some has a short U sound, sounding the same as "sum."
I think you mean--that you are asking--if the letter "a" in the word, play, is a long, rather than short-sounding vowel. Yes, in this usage, the vowel "a" in the word play is considered "long," as opposed to the "short" usage, as in the words hat or rat, for example.
Yes One syllable usually qualifies as a short sounding word
The word eight has a long A vowel sound, sounding the same as ate.Another word like this is weight (wait).