No, 'K' is a consonant.
There is no silent vowel in "not." There is a silent K in "knot."
Yes. It sounds like "no" with a long O (oh) vowel sound.
Yes, typically the combination "ck" is used at the end of a word when the preceding vowel is short. This spelling pattern helps to indicate the preceding vowel sound as short, rather than long. Examples include "back," "kick," and "luck."
Yes, "vowel" is a vowel.
The word "ax" has only two phonemes: /æ/ and /k/. The phoneme /æ/ represents the vowel sound in the first syllable, and /k/ represents the consonant sound in the second syllable.
No
There is no silent vowel in "not." There is a silent K in "knot."
#include<locale> #include<iostream> #include<string> bool is_vowel(const char c) { static const std::string vowels = "AEIOU"; return( vowels.find(toupper(c))<vowels.size() ); } int main() { std::string alphabet = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"; for(size_t i=0; i<alphabet.size(); ++i) { std::cout<<'\''<<alphabet[i]<<"\' is "; if( !is_vowel( alphabet[i] )) std::cout<<"not "; std::cout<<"a vowel."<<std::endl; } } Output: 'a' is a vowel. 'b' is not a vowel. 'c' is not a vowel. 'd' is not a vowel. 'e' is a vowel. 'f' is not a vowel. 'g' is not a vowel. 'h' is not a vowel. 'i' is a vowel. 'j' is not a vowel. 'k' is not a vowel. 'l' is not a vowel. 'm' is not a vowel. 'n' is not a vowel. 'o' is a vowel. 'p' is not a vowel. 'q' is not a vowel. 'r' is not a vowel. 's' is not a vowel. 't' is not a vowel. 'u' is a vowel. 'v' is not a vowel. 'w' is not a vowel. 'x' is not a vowel. 'y' is not a vowel. 'z' is not a vowel. 'A' is a vowel. 'B' is not a vowel. 'C' is not a vowel. 'D' is not a vowel. 'E' is a vowel. 'F' is not a vowel. 'G' is not a vowel. 'H' is not a vowel. 'I' is a vowel. 'J' is not a vowel. 'K' is not a vowel. 'L' is not a vowel. 'M' is not a vowel. 'N' is not a vowel. 'O' is a vowel. 'P' is not a vowel. 'Q' is not a vowel. 'R' is not a vowel. 'S' is not a vowel. 'T' is not a vowel. 'U' is a vowel. 'V' is not a vowel. 'W' is not a vowel. 'X' is not a vowel. 'Y' is not a vowel. 'Z' is not a vowel.
Yes. It sounds like "no" with a long O (oh) vowel sound.
book cool seal pier Vowels: A E I O U Consonant: All the other letters
It depends on your dialect. In the British "received pronunciation", the final vowel is a short i, like the vowel in "sick". In American English it's a long e, like the vowel in "seek".
Yes, there is a silent letter in the word "neck." The letter "k" is silent in this word, as it is not pronounced when saying the word. The "k" is there to indicate the preceding vowel "e" is pronounced as a short vowel sound.
Yes, typically the combination "ck" is used at the end of a word when the preceding vowel is short. This spelling pattern helps to indicate the preceding vowel sound as short, rather than long. Examples include "back," "kick," and "luck."
The word 'knees' is a single syllable. Typically, a syllable is formed by a vowel or vowel pair and up to one consonant at each end. Since the 'k' is silent, we are left with a vowel pair and one consonant at each end, making one syllable.
Yes, "vowel" is a vowel.
The OO sound in book is a short OO sound, as in look, good, could, foot, and put.
The phonogram ck is used for the sound /k/ at the end of a root after a short vowel; e.g., rock, duck.