Some examples of the long A to begin words:
A words - able, anal, apiary, apex, aviation
A words with silent E : ale, ape, ate
AI words - aid, ail, aim
EI words - eight
Some examples of words that begin with a long vowel "a" are ape, able, aim, and apron.
Words that begin with a short A sound include:ableaceacheacornagealeaidailaimanalangelaortaapeapexapronasymmetricedelweiss (ay-del-vice)
Both the E and the I have short I vowel sounds (big-in).
No, "know" does not have a long vowel sound. The "o" in "know" is a silent vowel, so it does not affect the pronunciation of the word.
Some examples of words with a long i vowel sound are: kite, time, like, and lime.
The long vowel sound in the word "title" is the "i" sound, pronounced like "IE" in words such as "pie" or "lie."
Guard, guest, guilt and guess are words that begin with GU and contain a vowel.
Words that begin with a short A sound include:ableaceacheacornagealeaidailaimanalangelaortaapeapexapronasymmetricedelweiss (ay-del-vice)
Both the E and the I have short I vowel sounds (big-in).
There are 54,051 words that begin with a vowel in Webster's Second International dictionary, alone. That is too many to list.
No, "know" does not have a long vowel sound. The "o" in "know" is a silent vowel, so it does not affect the pronunciation of the word.
Short vowel sound. Words such as ice and item are long I vowel sounds.
No. "An" is used before words that begin with a vowel sound, but not all words that begin with vowels begin with vowel sounds. "Urinalysis" begins with a "y" sound, so you would use "a" rather than "an" before it as you would for any word that begins with a "y" sound: a urinalysis, a yawn. Examples of words that begin with "u" and also begin with a vowel sound are "udder", "ugly", and "unhappy".
No, the question should be "Are you looking for anelectrician?" The article "an" is used before words that begin with a vowel sound, and "electrician" begins with a vowel sound. Note that some words that begin with an actual vowel do not begin with a vowel sound. One example is "usable".
No, the word "bottle" does not have a long vowel sound. The 'o' in "bottle" is pronounced with a short vowel sound.
Some words that begin with the short 'i' sound are: information intuition inability invariably
Words that begin with a vowel typically take 'an.'
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