NOPE, IT'S A LONG 'A' SOUND.
Yes, the short "a" sound is pronounced as /æ/ in words like "cat" and "bat".
Yes, the word "eat" has a short e sound, not a short a sound.
Neither. The EA pair has a long E sound as in beat and beet.
The word "leather" has a short vowel sound in the first syllable, as "e" is pronounced as a short "e" sound.
No, "head" is not a short "e" word. It has a long "e" sound.
Yes, the word "heard" has a short a sound /hɜːrd/.
The word "leather" has a short vowel sound in the first syllable, as "e" is pronounced as a short "e" sound.
The EA Pair in the word 'mean' has a long E sound. The short E word would be 'men.'
Yes, the word "said" has a short vowel sound, as the "a" is pronounced like the "e" in "bed."
The word has a long O, an unstressed (schwa) E, and a short U sound (from OU pair).
No. The AI pair has a long A (ay) sound, to sound the same as tale.
Yes. The EO pair has a short E sound, and the A is a schwa.
No. The vowel pair AI here has a short E sound (sed).
Yes, the word "train" has a short a sound, as in "tr-ay-n."
Yes, "wait" contains a short e sound, pronounced /weɪt/.
No. The EA pair has a long E sound as in clean and mean.
No, the word "steak" does not have a short vowel sound. The "e" at the end is silent, and the vowel sound is the long "a" sound.
Yes, the word "eat" has a short e sound, not a short a sound.