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.)
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Long and short Vowel Sounds
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
short A - apple, bad, last,
short E - bed, get, head
short I - did, pin, sit
short O - body, cop, hot
short U - cut, dumb, flood
short OO - good, foot, could, put
Other Vowel Sounds (according to one classification scheme)
R-shaped A - car, star
R-shaped I (usually considered long E) - near, pier
AW/OR (may include long O words in British English) - saw, lawn, caught / horse, court
R-shaped U - bird, her, heard, purr, urge
* R-shaped long A - air, fair
OI (oy)- boy, noise, point
AU (ow) - cow, sound, out
Schwa 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
The short vowel sounds in "placid" are the 'a' sound in "plă" and the 'i' sound in "sĭd."
In the word "abstract," there are two short vowel sounds. The first short vowel sound is the 'a' in the initial syllable, pronounced as /æ/. The second short vowel sound is the 'a' in the second syllable, pronounced as /ə/.
The E and I both have short vowel sounds.
Both the A and I in rapid have short vowel sounds.
Yes. Both the A and the I have short vowel sounds.
The short vowel sounds in "placid" are the 'a' sound in "plă" and the 'i' sound in "sĭd."
Yes, credit has short vowel sounds.
Yes, credit has short vowel sounds.
In the word "abstract," there are two short vowel sounds. The first short vowel sound is the 'a' in the initial syllable, pronounced as /æ/. The second short vowel sound is the 'a' in the second syllable, pronounced as /ə/.
The E and I both have short vowel sounds.
Both the A and I in rapid have short vowel sounds.
Yes. Both the A and the I have short vowel sounds.
It has two short vowel sounds, the A and the I.
No, "A" is not considered a short vowel. "A" is a vowel that can make both short and long vowel sounds in English words.
Yes. Both the U and the I have short vowel sounds.
The word "rapid" has two short vowel sounds, A and I.
Yes. Both the U and the I have short vowel sounds.