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Many words that begin with an A followed by a consonant will have the short A sound.

Some examples are:

abstract, act, add, after, alchemy, amnesty, and, apt, as, at, avid, azimuth

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Some words will have a long A : able, amen, anal

Some words will have an unstressed schwa sound instead: about, allow, apply

Some words with have an AW sound: all, awl

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Some words beginning with a short A sound are apple, ant, cat, and bat.

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Ant, apple, axe, arm.

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