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.
No. Both the A and the I have short vowel sounds.
Both the A and I in rapid have short vowel sounds.
Short vowel sound. Words such as ice and item are long I vowel sounds.
No, "A" is not considered a short vowel. "A" is a vowel that can make both short and long vowel sounds in English words.
The word has three vowel sounds: long A, long E (from the Y) and short U.
It has two short vowel sounds, the A and the I.
No. Both the A and the I have short vowel sounds.
It has three short vowel sounds, for the A, the E, and the I.
Both the A and I in rapid have short vowel sounds.
In focus, the o has a long vowel sound and the u has a short vowel sound.
The word "rapid" has two short vowel sounds, A and I.
Both the A and the I in grabbing have short vowel sounds.
"Afraid" has two vowel sounds. One of them is short and the other is long.
Short vowel sound. Words such as ice and item are long I vowel sounds.
No, "A" is not considered a short vowel. "A" is a vowel that can make both short and long vowel sounds in English words.
The word has three vowel sounds: long A, long E (from the Y) and short U.
The word "Lady" consists of two separate vowel sounds. Both vowel sounds are long. The long "A" sound and the long "E" sound.