The word "hop" has a short o vowel sound.
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".
The letter O in top has a short O vowel sound, as in hop and mop.
Yes. The O has a short O vowel sound, as in hop.
It depends on the specific word you are referring to. Long vowels are pronounced with a steady vocal sound and are usually the same as the letter form (e.g., "cake," "spoon"). Short vowels are pronounced with a quick, clipped sound (e.g., "cat," "hop").
In some English words, the silent "e" at the end changes the sound of the preceding vowel from a short sound to a long sound. For example, in the word "hop," the silent "e" changes the "o" from a short o sound to a long o sound in "hope."
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".
The letter O in top has a short O vowel sound, as in hop and mop.
Yes. The O has a short O vowel sound, as in hop.
It depends on the specific word you are referring to. Long vowels are pronounced with a steady vocal sound and are usually the same as the letter form (e.g., "cake," "spoon"). Short vowels are pronounced with a quick, clipped sound (e.g., "cat," "hop").
In some English words, the silent "e" at the end changes the sound of the preceding vowel from a short sound to a long sound. For example, in the word "hop," the silent "e" changes the "o" from a short o sound to a long o sound in "hope."
Many times, adding an E (silent E) to the end of a word with vowel-consonant will create a long vowel word. Examples: sat - sate can - cane man - mane din - dine fin- fine dun - dune
The only verb forms with a single consonant and a short vowel seem to be "am" and "is." (are has an umlaut A sound).Other one-consonant verbs such as aid, aim, be, buy, die, do, ease, eat, eke, eye, go, hoe, obey, oil, owe, pay, queue, rue, see, sue, and tie have long vowel sounds.
No, it has a short O sound (ah). It rhymes with cop, hop, and stop.
Yes. The O has a short O sound as in hop and hot.
The letter O can have 3 or 4 sounds by itself, and more in combinations with other vowels. The basic O sounds are long O - oh, as in go, no, boat, and note short O - aah, as in lot, hop, and pod caret O - the or/aw sound, as in lore and floor (similar to law and flaw) O is also found as short U - as in come and some short OO - as in good and foot long U (long OO/ long YOO) - as in moon, dune, flute, suit / cute, mule, view the OY/OI sound - as in boy, point
NOTE: Vowel sounds can be made by the particular vowel (a,e,i,o,u) or by other vowels. So referring to a "long A" should refer to any word with the "ay" sound, not just A words. Words with short vowel sounds: Short A : apple, acrobat, avenue, bat, fast, had, laugh Short E: end, elephant, egg, bed, fell, let Short I: igloo, in, bit, fin, hill, pink Short O: dot, mop, rock, sob, Short U: up, umbrella, cup, fun, gust, gum, number, puff, summer Short OO : book, good, foot (see related questions)
The word 'dog' has a short o sound, as does hop or mop. The long o sound is formed when there is an e at the end of the word, as in hope or mope, or when the o is coupled with a w, e.g. slow.