Monosyllabic words ending in -y add -s:
fay - fays
day - days
Plus, words ending in y that are being cited as words remain unchanged:
my - mys (or my's)
Otherwise, the main exception to this rule is personal proper nouns, which retain the "y" and add "s"; this is common with people's last names:
Kelly - Kellys
Kenndy - Kennedys
etc.
In addition, many words ending in -ey sometimes the -ey and add s:
storey - storeys (also stories)
etc.
The word "break" has a long vowel sound. The vowel "ea" is pronounced as the long vowel sound like in "bake" or "steak."
This is not strictly true, as words could also have -i, or -es, or if it has a double vowel in the word, these might change to another double vowel or two different vowels.
The word "can" contains the vowel sound /æ/, which is often represented by the letter "a." This sound is found in words like "cat" and "apple."
This is the OU or OW vowel sound as in out and owl. You can also hear it in the words loud, cloud, doubt, cow, and ounce.
Some words that have the same short a vowel sound as 'sandy' are man, hand, and back. Also the word 'candy' which not only has the same short a vowel sound, but it rhymes with 'sandy' too. Not that it would be handy if you got your candy sandy.
An umlaut is a diacritical mark consisting of two dots placed over a vowel, typically to indicate a change in the vowel's pronunciation. It is commonly used in various languages such as German, Hungarian, and Swedish. In German, the umlaut can also indicate a change in meaning or grammatical function of a word.
The U in lumber has a short U vowel sound, as in the rhyming words number and encumber. Other short U words include duck, tub, mud, stuff, hum, nut, fuzz, and ugly. The sound is also seen in the OU words rough, tough, and enough. The A words "what" and "was" have a short U sound, as also in the words "does" and because.
The EA has a long A (ay) vowel sound. This is also seen in A words - base, cake, late AY words - lay, may, pay AI words - fail, maid, plain EI words - veil EIGH words - weigh, weight, neighbor
No, the vowel sound in "stood" is different from the vowel sound in "foot." The vowel sound in "stood" is pronounced as /ʊ/, while the vowel sound in "foot" is pronounced as /ʊ/.
"Y" works as a consonant, for example, in the words year, youth, yesterday. It also works as a vowel in some words, for example, all the adverbs ending with 'ly" such as quickly or suddenly, and others like myopia.
The vowel sound in stood is called a short OO sound. It is seen in the rhyming words good, wood, could, and should. It also appears in such words as book, pull, put, and foot.
It has a long O vowel sound (oh), as in the words show or blow. The short O is normally part of the ow diphthong as in cow and how. Also, the rule to remember is if it sounds like the letter O it is a long vowel, as in the words go, bold, hotel, and notary.