The EE in seed has a long E vowel, as in feed and weed.
No. The EE pair has the long E sound, as in sea and weed.
Although it is complicated by various pronunciations, a "long" vowel sound is one where you hear the name of the letter: A (ay), E (ee), I (eye), or O (oh). The long U may be a long OO (dune) or a long YOO sound (cute, fuel, unit).The short vowels have an h-like exhalation following them, as in ah, eh, ih, and uh.(The short OO has an oo-uh sound as in good and put.)--Long and short Vowel Soundslong A - day, paid, namelong E - we, seed, beanlong I - lie, fine, sighlong O - bowl, comb, low, sewlong U (oo or yoo) - cool, moon, suit / cute, fuel, unitshort A - apple, bad, last,short E - bed, get, headshort I - did, pin, sitshort O - body, cop, hotshort U - cut, dumb, floodshort OO - good, foot, could, putOther Vowel Sounds (according to one classification scheme)R-shaped A - car, starR-shaped I (usually considered long E) - near, pierAW/OR (may include long O words in British English) - saw, lawn, caught / horse, courtR-shaped U - bird, her, heard, purr, urge* R-shaped long A - air, fairOI (oy)- boy, noise, pointAU (ow) - cow, sound, outSchwa sound (eh/uh) - unstressed sound like A in about or sofa, E in system*Schwa R sound (er/ur) - A in cedar, E in water
Vowel Sounds (according to one classification scheme)long A - day, paid, namelong E - we, seed, beanlong I - lie, fine, sighlong O - bowl, comb, low, sewlong U (oo or yoo) - cool, moon, suit / cute, fuel, unitshort A - apple, bad, last,short E - bed, get, headshort I - did, pin, sitshort O - body, cop, hotshort U - cut, dumb, floodshort OO - good, foot, could, putR-shaped A - car, starR-shaped I (usually considered long E) - near, pierAW/OR (may include long O words in British English) - saw, lawn, caught / horse, courtR-shaped U - bird, her, heard, purr, urge* R-shaped long A - air, pairOI (oy)- boy, noise, pointOU (ow) - cow, sound, outSchwa sound (eh/uh) - unstressed sound like A in about or sofa, E in fasten*Schwa R sound (er/ur) - A in cedar, E in water
The word precede (pree-SEED) has two long E sounds.
English has a very large number of distinct vowel sounds compared to most other languages. An additional complication is that different dialects or accents of English have both different sounds and a different number of sounds.A good place to start with American vowels is at the related link.That page also links to a page for British vowels. Note that Canadian, Australian, New Zealand, South African, Ghanaian, Kenyan, Tanzanian, Indian, etc., English will use slightly different vowel sounds.----Basic Vowel Sounds (according to one classification scheme)long A - day, paid, namelong E - we, seed, beanlong I - lie, fine, sighlong O - bowl, comb, low, sewlong U (oo or yoo) - cool, moon, suit / cute, fuel, unitshort A - apple, bad, last,short E - bed, get, headshort I - did, pin, sitshort O - body, cop, hotshort U - cut, dumb, floodshort OO - good, foot, could, putR-shaped A - car, starR-shaped I (usually considered long E) - near, pierAW/OR (may include long O words in British English) - saw, lawn, caught / horse, courtR-shaped U - bird, her, heard, purr, urge* R-shaped long A - air, fairOI (oy)- boy, noise, pointOU (ow) - cow, sound, outSchwa sound (eh/uh) - unstressed sound like A in about or sofa, E in matter*Schwa R sound (er/ur) - A in cedar, E in water
No. The EE pair has the long E sound, as in sea and weed.
The EE pair has a long E sound, as in seed and greed.
Although it is complicated by various pronunciations, a "long" vowel sound is one where you hear the name of the letter: A (ay), E (ee), I (eye), or O (oh). The long U may be a long OO (dune) or a long YOO sound (cute, fuel, unit).The short vowels have an h-like exhalation following them, as in ah, eh, ih, and uh.(The short OO has an oo-uh sound as in good and put.)--Long and short Vowel Soundslong A - day, paid, namelong E - we, seed, beanlong I - lie, fine, sighlong O - bowl, comb, low, sewlong U (oo or yoo) - cool, moon, suit / cute, fuel, unitshort A - apple, bad, last,short E - bed, get, headshort I - did, pin, sitshort O - body, cop, hotshort U - cut, dumb, floodshort OO - good, foot, could, putOther Vowel Sounds (according to one classification scheme)R-shaped A - car, starR-shaped I (usually considered long E) - near, pierAW/OR (may include long O words in British English) - saw, lawn, caught / horse, courtR-shaped U - bird, her, heard, purr, urge* R-shaped long A - air, fairOI (oy)- boy, noise, pointAU (ow) - cow, sound, outSchwa sound (eh/uh) - unstressed sound like A in about or sofa, E in system*Schwa R sound (er/ur) - A in cedar, E in water
There are 5. long A - day, paid, name long E - we, seed, bean long I - lie, fine, sigh long O - bowl, comb, low, sew long U (oo or yoo) - cool, moon, suit / cute, fuel, unit The semi-vowel Y may be a long E, short I, or long I.
Vowel Sounds (according to one classification scheme)long A - day, paid, namelong E - we, seed, beanlong I - lie, fine, sighlong O - bowl, comb, low, sewlong U (oo or yoo) - cool, moon, suit / cute, fuel, unitshort A - apple, bad, last,short E - bed, get, headshort I - did, pin, sitshort O - body, cop, hotshort U - cut, dumb, floodshort OO - good, foot, could, putR-shaped A - car, starR-shaped I (usually considered long E) - near, pierAW/OR (may include long O words in British English) - saw, lawn, caught / horse, courtR-shaped U - bird, her, heard, purr, urge* R-shaped long A - air, pairOI (oy)- boy, noise, pointOU (ow) - cow, sound, outSchwa sound (eh/uh) - unstressed sound like A in about or sofa, E in fasten*Schwa R sound (er/ur) - A in cedar, E in water
Need, weed, seed
Yes, the middle 'e' of concede is a long e, since you pronounce it the same as the letter's name. "Concede" would sound like "con seed" (think bird seed ! )
Yes, the word 'teeth' does make the long e sound. When you see two e's together it is a clue that the word will have the long e sound. Some other words that are like that are beets, seed, and keen.
The word precede (pree-SEED) has two long E sounds.
Basic Vowel Sounds (according to one classification scheme)long A - day, paid, namelong E - we, seed, beanlong I - lie, fine, sighlong O - bowl, comb, low, sewlong U (oo or yoo) - cool, moon, suit / cute, fuel, unitshort A - apple, bad, last,short E - bed, get, headshort I - did, pin, sitshort O - body, cop, hotshort U - cut, dumb, floodshort OO - good, foot, could, putR-shaped A - car, starR-shaped I (usually considered long E) - near, pierAW/OR (may include long O words in British English) - saw, lawn, caught / horse, courtR-shaped U - bird, her, heard, purr, urge* R-shaped long A - air, fairOI (oy)- boy, noise, pointOU (ow) - cow, sound, outSchwa sound (eh/uh) - unstressed sound like A in about or sofa, E in matter*Schwa R sound (er/ur) - A in cedar, E in water
Seed - Afro Celt Sound System album - was created on 2003-03-25.
The tree with long seed pods is the acacia tree.