Long vowel sounds (sound like the letter):
A - able, anal, apiary, aviation, base, cake, late, name, lay, may, pay, fail, maid, plain, great, steak, veil, vein, obey, they, weigh, weight, neighbor, buffet, cachet, chalet, crochet, filet, sachet, sorbet, parfait, risque, bouquet, croquet, cliche, passe, soiree, toupee, dossier
E - be, me, we, gene, scene, eve, see, flee, feet, meet, greet, read, steal, leave, seat, weird, wield, yield, marine
I - aisle, ibis, iris, iron, ice, idle, isle, irate, ire, isosceles, item, by, buy, cry, dry, fry, my, cried, dried, fried, tried, jibe, tribe, entice, dice, lice, rice, slice,
glide, side, slide, fife, life, rife, strife, wife, bike, like, pike, bile, file, mile, pile, tile, while, crime, lime, mime, time, dine, fine, line, mine, pine, pipe, ripe swipe, wipe,
guise, wise, bite, cite, kite, mite, white, write size, rhyme, thyme, hype, tyke, analyze, fight, light, might, night, plight, right, sight, tight, die, diet, lie, pie, piety, variety, biped, high, sigh (sighed), sign, dial
O - go, no, so, open, poem, comb, duo, coordinate, coherent, abode, code, lode, mode, node, poke, smoke, woke, hole, sole, stole, dome, home, bone, cone, hone, stone, tone, rose, dote, note, tote, hotel, dove (dived), doze, goad, toad, oak, soak, coal, foal, goal, shoal, foam, loam, groan, loan, soar, doe, floe, hoe, roe, toe, woe, ohm, bold, cold, fold, gold, hold, mold, sold, told, droll, knoll, roll, toll, soul, blow, bow, crow, flow, flown, grow, low, mow, row, slow, sow, tow, bowl
U - (yoo) unit, uniform, feud, view, mule, mute, fuel (oo) dune, chute, Flute, crude, rude, nude, prude, loop, soup, group, move, prove, boo, knew, pew, stew, due, clue, ghoul, fool, tool, rule, cruel, sleuth, bruise, cruise
Short vowel sound words (some vowels make other vowel sounds):
A - bad mad sad, raft craft, chaff laugh, bag rag tag, ham lamb slam, ban man plan, cap nap slap, bat cat rat sat
E - bed red said, left theft, beg egg, bell, sell, gem hem them, men then, pep step, bet let, wet
I - bib crib, nib, lid grid rid, sift lift rift, big rig, mill, nil till will, gym him rim, pin thin been, pip rip sip tip whip, bit fit hit pit sit wit, with pith myth
O - bob lob, body shoddy, log hog, moll call hall, mom bomb, cop hop chop stop, cot hot lot pot rot tot,
U - bud mud blood flood, stuff fluff rough tough, bug hug, hum mum thumb, bun spun won, cup pup, bus fuss, but cut mutt what, buzz fuzz was
Some examples of short vowel words are "cat," "dog," and "top." Examples of long vowel words are "cake," "sheep," and "fly."
It depends on the specific word and its pronunciation. Some words have short vowel sounds, while others have long vowel sounds.
Words that begin with a short A sound include:ableaceacheacornagealeaidailaimanalangelaortaapeapexapronasymmetricedelweiss (ay-del-vice)
It depends on the specific word or context. Some words may have a long vowel sound, such as "cute," where the "u" makes the long /uː/ sound. Other words may have a short vowel sound, such as "cat," where the "a" makes the short /æ/ sound.
In words like "slope", the "e" at the end indicates that the "o" is long, whereas in "slop" it would be short. In the case of words like "slope", the "e" itself is not pronounced at all. A short vowel is usually, but not always, followed by a consonant. There are some words that end in a short vowel. There is no general rule for this. The vowel "o" at the end of a word is long. In words that derive from Latin, the vowel "i" at the end is long. The vowel "u" at the end of a word is long, examples being "zebu" and "malibu". Otherwise in English there is no indication in the spelling as to whether a vowel is long or short; it is necessary to learn the correct pronunciation for each word.
The word "come" despite its silent E, has a short U sound to rhyme with some, sum, or dumb (cuhm).The words with the long O sound is comb.
It depends on the specific word and its pronunciation. Some words have short vowel sounds, while others have long vowel sounds.
Words that begin with a short A sound include:ableaceacheacornagealeaidailaimanalangelaortaapeapexapronasymmetricedelweiss (ay-del-vice)
It depends on the specific word or context. Some words may have a long vowel sound, such as "cute," where the "u" makes the long /uː/ sound. Other words may have a short vowel sound, such as "cat," where the "a" makes the short /æ/ sound.
In words like "slope", the "e" at the end indicates that the "o" is long, whereas in "slop" it would be short. In the case of words like "slope", the "e" itself is not pronounced at all. A short vowel is usually, but not always, followed by a consonant. There are some words that end in a short vowel. There is no general rule for this. The vowel "o" at the end of a word is long. In words that derive from Latin, the vowel "i" at the end is long. The vowel "u" at the end of a word is long, examples being "zebu" and "malibu". Otherwise in English there is no indication in the spelling as to whether a vowel is long or short; it is necessary to learn the correct pronunciation for each word.
The word "come" despite its silent E, has a short U sound to rhyme with some, sum, or dumb (cuhm).The words with the long O sound is comb.
The vowel sounds in decided are usually a short I, long I, and another short I. However, some pronunciations may have the E as a long E sound. This is also the case for the similar words derided and recited. The short I is seen in the words did, desist, stiff, and wish. The long I is seen in high, sigh, ride, and cider.
The A in what has a short U vowel sound (wut) or in some dialects a short O (wot).
It has a short U vowel sound, sounding the same as "sum."
In English, the word "whale" has a long A sound. Generally, when you see an E at the end of a one-syllable word, it makes the vowel have a long sound: tame, made, face, and whale are some examples of words with the long A sound.
No, "alligator" is not a short vowel word. It contains a long vowel sound, spelled with two vowel letters "a" and "i."
Some words that start with the short vowel sound of the letter "i" are: igloo, itch, ink, and inch.
apple, ant, act, ask, add