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Long vowel sounds (sound like the letter):
A - able, anal, apiary, aviation, base, cake, late, name, lay, may, pay, fail, maid, plain, great, steak, veil, vein, obey, they, weigh, weight, neighbor, buffet, cachet, chalet, crochet, filet, sachet, sorbet, parfait, risque, bouquet, croquet, cliche, passe, soiree, toupee, dossier
E - be, me, we, gene, scene, eve, see, flee, feet, meet, greet, read, steal, leave, seat, weird, wield, yield, marine
I - aisle, ibis, iris, iron, ice, idle, isle, irate, ire, isosceles, item, by, buy, cry, dry, fry, my, cried, dried, fried, tried, jibe, tribe, entice, dice, lice, rice, slice,
glide, side, slide, fife, life, rife, strife, wife, bike, like, pike, bile, file, mile, pile, tile, while, crime, lime, mime, time, dine, fine, line, mine, pine, pipe, ripe swipe, wipe,
guise, wise, bite, cite, kite, mite, white, write size, rhyme, thyme, hype, tyke, analyze, fight, light, might, night, plight, right, sight, tight, die, diet, lie, pie, piety, variety, biped, high, sigh (sighed), sign, dial
O - go, no, so, open, poem, comb, duo, coordinate, coherent, abode, code, lode, mode, node, poke, smoke, woke, hole, sole, stole, dome, home, bone, cone, hone, stone, tone, rose, dote, note, tote, hotel, dove (dived), doze, goad, toad, oak, soak, coal, foal, goal, shoal, foam, loam, groan, loan, soar, doe, floe, hoe, roe, toe, woe, ohm, bold, cold, fold, gold, hold, mold, sold, told, droll, knoll, roll, toll, soul, blow, bow, crow, flow, flown, grow, low, mow, row, slow, sow, tow, bowl
U - (yoo) unit, uniform, feud, view, mule, mute, fuel (oo) dune, chute, Flute, crude, rude, nude, prude, loop, soup, group, move, prove, boo, knew, pew, stew, due, clue, ghoul, fool, tool, rule, cruel, sleuth, bruise, cruise
Short vowel sound words (some vowels make other vowel sounds):
A - bad mad sad, raft craft, chaff laugh, bag rag tag, ham lamb slam, ban man plan, cap nap slap, bat cat rat sat
E - bed red said, left theft, beg egg, bell, sell, gem hem them, men then, pep step, bet let, wet
I - bib crib, nib, lid grid rid, sift lift rift, big rig, mill, nil till will, gym him rim, pin thin been, pip rip sip tip whip, bit fit hit pit sit wit, with pith myth
O - bob lob, body shoddy, log hog, moll call hall, mom bomb, cop hop chop stop, cot hot lot pot rot tot,
U - bud mud blood flood, stuff fluff rough tough, bug hug, hum mum thumb, bun spun won, cup pup, bus fuss, but cut mutt what, buzz fuzz was
What else can I help you with?
Does some have a short or long vowel sound?
Despite the silent E, the O in some has a short U sound, sounding the same as "sum."
What are some words that start with a long A vowel sound?
Words that begin with a short A sound include:ableaceacheacornagealeaidailaimanalangelaortaapeapexapronasymmetricedelweiss (ay-del-vice)
Does Child have a long or short vowel sound?
It depends on the specific word or context. Some words may have a long vowel sound, such as "cute," where the "u" makes the long /uː/ sound. Other words may have a short vowel sound, such as "cat," where the "a" makes the short /æ/ sound.
What do you use after a short vowel?
In words like "slope", the "e" at the end indicates that the "o" is long, whereas in "slop" it would be short. In the case of words like "slope", the "e" itself is not pronounced at all. A short vowel is usually, but not always, followed by a consonant. There are some words that end in a short vowel. There is no general rule for this. The vowel "o" at the end of a word is long. In words that derive from Latin, the vowel "i" at the end is long. The vowel "u" at the end of a word is long, examples being "zebu" and "malibu". Otherwise in English there is no indication in the spelling as to whether a vowel is long or short; it is necessary to learn the correct pronunciation for each word.
Does some have a long or short vowel sound?
It has a short U vowel sound, sounding the same as "sum."
Does some have a short or long vowel sound?
Despite the silent E, the O in some has a short U sound, sounding the same as "sum."
What are some words that start with a long A vowel sound?
Words that begin with a short A sound include:ableaceacheacornagealeaidailaimanalangelaortaapeapexapronasymmetricedelweiss (ay-del-vice)
Does Child have a long or short vowel sound?
It depends on the specific word or context. Some words may have a long vowel sound, such as "cute," where the "u" makes the long /uː/ sound. Other words may have a short vowel sound, such as "cat," where the "a" makes the short /æ/ sound.
What do you use after a short vowel?
In words like "slope", the "e" at the end indicates that the "o" is long, whereas in "slop" it would be short. In the case of words like "slope", the "e" itself is not pronounced at all. A short vowel is usually, but not always, followed by a consonant. There are some words that end in a short vowel. There is no general rule for this. The vowel "o" at the end of a word is long. In words that derive from Latin, the vowel "i" at the end is long. The vowel "u" at the end of a word is long, examples being "zebu" and "malibu". Otherwise in English there is no indication in the spelling as to whether a vowel is long or short; it is necessary to learn the correct pronunciation for each word.
Does some have a long or short vowel sound?
It has a short U vowel sound, sounding the same as "sum."
Does come have a short or long vowel?
The word "come" despite its silent E, has a short U sound to rhyme with some, sum, or dumb (cuhm).The words with the long O sound is comb.
Does 'what' have a long or short vowel sound?
The A in what has a short U vowel sound (wut) or in some dialects a short O (wot).
What words have the same vowel sound as decided?
The vowel sounds in decided are usually a short I, long I, and another short I. However, some pronunciations may have the E as a long E sound. This is also the case for the similar words derided and recited. The short I is seen in the words did, desist, stiff, and wish. The long I is seen in high, sigh, ride, and cider.
Do long vowel words end with an e?
Not necessarily. Some long vowel words do end with an "e," such as "time" or "bone," but there are also long vowel words that do not end with an "e," such as "sky" or "climb." The presence of an "e" at the end of a long vowel word does not determine whether the vowel sound is long or short.
Is alligator a short vowel word?
The first a and i are short. The second a is long. The o is generally a schwa, but may be pronounced as a short by some.
How many vowels are there in short vowel words?
The terms "long" and "short" have nothing to do with the number of vowels, or the number of letters in a word. The long and short refer to the sound of the vowels. Originally it referred to passage of time, where a "short" vowel would take less time to express than a "long" vowel. But long and short are just very simple terms for some basic vowel sounds, and there are vowel sounds that are neither short or long. In English, the long vowel sounds are those that "say the name" of the vowel : A (ay), E (ee), I (eye), O (oh) and U (yoo, but can also be a long oo sound). The short vowels have a truncated sound : ah, eh, ih, aah, and uh.
Does whale have a long or short a?
In English, the word "whale" has a long A sound. Generally, when you see an E at the end of a one-syllable word, it makes the vowel have a long sound: tame, made, face, and whale are some examples of words with the long A sound.
