Usually, as with a long A (ay), E (ee), I (eye,) and O (oh).
But the long U is the same sound as the long OO, as seen in chute and shoot. Other long U's have a YOO sound, as in unit and uniform, or the words cute, fuel, feud, mule, and pupil.
In the English language, the term "long vowel" typically refers to a vowel sound that is pronounced the same as the name of the letter itself. Fish does not contain a long vowel sound because the "i" in fish is pronounced with a short vowel sound, like in the word "sit." The pronunciation of the word "fish" follows the short vowel rule where the vowel sound is short and does not say its name.
The word "aim" contains a long vowel sound. In phonetics, a long vowel is pronounced the same as the name of the vowel itself. In this case, the letter "a" in "aim" is pronounced as the long vowel sound /eɪ/. The word "aim" follows the common pattern of a consonant followed by a vowel and ending with a consonant, resulting in a long vowel sound.
In the word "smoke," the 'o' is considered a long vowel sound. A long vowel sound is when a vowel says its name, or the sound it makes is the same as the name of the letter. In this case, the 'o' in "smoke" says its name, making it a long vowel sound.
No, the word "award" does not contain a long vowel sound. In linguistics, a long vowel is a vowel sound that is pronounced the same as the name of the vowel. In the word "award," the "a" is pronounced as a short vowel sound, similar to the "a" in "cat."
"Fan" and "Man" both have a short vowel, 'a'. (A long vowel says its own name, as in 'fame' and 'bale'.)
The work okay does have a long vowel sound. The letter o and a both say their name.
The word "say" has a long vowel sound--specifically, the long "a" sound.
Yes, "say" is a short vowel word because the 'a' in "say" is pronounced as a short vowel sound, not a long vowel sound like in "sail" or "save."
Most so-called "long" vowels in English "say their name," as for example the A in rake, the E in he, the I in hike, the O in hope and the U in fume. Some "long" vowels do not "say their name," as for example the U in ruse and the Y in happy. ---
Yes, the EE pair has a long E sound. A long vowel usually says its name as we do when we say the alphabet.
It is a long A vowel word. The E is silent. Our child learned to read with the Zoophonics program. The "e" sound is represented by an elephant named Ellie. Ellie usually says the short vowel e sound, but when at the end of the word Ellie gets bossy and tells the vowel to say its name (the long vowel sound). In the word "shake", Ellie is at the end of the word and so she gets bossy and says, "A, say your name 'a'." Similarly, in the word "broke", bossy Ellie says "O, say your name 'o'."
It is a short vowel because it doesn't "say" the letter name. The "O" in "hop" has a short O vowel sound. If it were to be a long vowel it would sound like "hope".
Yes, "sew" has a long vowel sound because it follows the vowel-consonant-e pattern where the final "e" makes the preceding vowel say its name.
It is a long A sound, and the E is silent.
In the English language, the term "long vowel" typically refers to a vowel sound that is pronounced the same as the name of the letter itself. Fish does not contain a long vowel sound because the "i" in fish is pronounced with a short vowel sound, like in the word "sit." The pronunciation of the word "fish" follows the short vowel rule where the vowel sound is short and does not say its name.
"Wait" has a long vowel sound because the vowel "a" says its name.
Yes, the month or name June has a long U (long OO) vowel sound.