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What words that have the vowel a but sounds like a short o?
There are many words, but one example is the word "father" in which the 'a' sounds like the 'o' in box.
Is the o in the words to and do long or short?
The o in to and do is neither a long o nor a short o. It's a long u. A long o sounds like the letter O, i.e in the word "glow". A short o is the sound in "hot".
Do the words want was wanted and hear have long or short A sounds?
No. These words have no A sounds. Want and wanted have three possible sounds: short O, caret O, or short U. (wont, wawnt, wunt) Was has either a short O or short U sound (woz, wuz). Hear has the EA pronounced as an R-shaped long E (caret I) to rhyme with beer.
Is O a short vowel?
The letter O has several vowel sounds, including short (aah) as in apple, cat, and odd.
Do bag was hat has and want have short a sounds?
The words bag, hat, and has all have short A sounds. The word was has either a short O or short U sound (woz, wuz). The word want can have three different sounds, none of them a short A: - short O as in font - caret O as in haunt (British English) - short U (colloquial English, to rhyme with hunt)
Do out and your have long or short vowel sounds?
The vowel sounds are usually neither short or long sounds, and they are different. -- The OU pair in out has an OW diphthong sound, as in pout, doubt, and words like cow. -- The OU pair in your has the "caret O" (OR or British AW sound) or alternately a long O followed by R.
Which words contain long and short vowels?
Rain and cape have long A sounds; ran and cap have short A's. Bead and neat have long E sounds; bed and net have short E's. Pile and ride have long I sounds; pill and rid have short I's. Hope and wrote have long O sounds; hop and rot have short O's. Mute and pure have long U sounds; mutt and purr have short U's.
The short o in tolerate sounds like?
it sounds like the O in Ollie
Do the words comb and boat have a short o sound?
No. They have long O sounds. You can hear the letter O (oh) in both of them. In boat, it is the OA combination.
What is a short vowell?
In short vowel sounds, the "name" of the letter is not heard, as it is in "long" vowel sounds. They areshort A (ah) - cat, appleshort E (eh) - best, webshort I (ih) - fit, wishshort O (aah) - hot, sobshort U (uh) - cut, runOther A sounds are used with an R, other O sounds have an OI or an OW sound. There is also a short OO sound that is heard in foot, good, full, and similar words.
What is a short a vowel?
In short vowel sounds, the "name" of the letter is not heard, as it is in "long" vowel sounds. They areshort A (ah) - cat, appleshort E (eh) - best, webshort I (ih) - fit, wishshort O (aah) - hot, sobshort U (uh) - cut, runOther A sounds are used with an R, other O sounds have an OI or an OW sound. There is also a short OO sound that is heard in foot, good, full, and similar words.
What o words have short vowel sounds?
The short O sound is pronounced generally as 'aah'. -- O words Lots of words spelled with the letter O have the short O sound: ox, odd, hot, pot, dot, cot, lot, not, spot, cop, pop, top, stop, mob, snob, rob, Opera, operate, object, olive, ostrich, occupy, bobcat, monster, modern, popular, positive. -- A words Some words can have a similar short O sound but are not spelled with the letter O. Examples are: ma, pa, mafia, swab, waffle, watch * The similar words with OR and AW are caret O (or, all, force) or umlaut A (car, calm) rather than a short O sound. Most of these words are spelled with or, au, ou, or al/all.
