A crane (bird).
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plane
plane
Yes, the letter "a" in the word "plane" is a long vowel sound, pronounced like "ay".
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No, it is not. The way to remember is if the vowel says its name, then it's a long vowel sound. In the world "plane," the A says its name. On the other hand, the word "plan" is a short vowel sound. You can see this with other words too: pine (long vowel-- the "i" says its name), but "pin" is a short vowel sound.
The vowel sound in "dge" is typically long, as in words like fudge, judge, and budge.
The verb am has a short A vowel sound. (The long A is heard in the word aim.)*The initialism AM is pronounced like the two letters, A M.
The OY vowel sound sounds like the long vowels O-I-E.
Long vowels sound like the letters of the vowels in the alphabet. Glass has a short a sound, if it had a long vowel sound it would sound like glacier. Hear the difference between the short vowel sound of glass and the long vowel sound of Glacier?Short vowel sounds are shorter than long vowel sounds. The sound is more sharp and cut off. "A" is a shorter sound than an "ay" sound.
"Strengths" is the longest word with a short vowel sound.
The letters EAU have a long U (YOO) vowel sound (it says its name). The other vowels (I and second U) are both usually schwa sounds, unstressed.