The EA pair has a type of long A sound called a caret A (AIR sound).
This is also the sound in bear, pear, and the verb tear.
The homophones are ware and where.
Not exactly. There is a long A heard in both, but the EA in wear is shaped by the following R, called the caret A or AIR sound. The EI pair in eight have a simple long A sound (ay) as in "ate."
Yes, the vowel sound in "fox" is a short vowel sound.
No, "ape" does not have a short vowel sound. The vowel sound in "ape" is a long vowel sound.
No, "eat" does not have a long vowel sound. The vowel sound in "eat" is a short vowel sound.
No, "plain" does not have a long vowel sound. The vowel "a" in "plain" is pronounced as a short vowel sound.
No. The word wear rhymes with air (carat A sound). The word eight rhymes with late (long A sound).
Not exactly. There is a long A heard in both, but the EA in wear is shaped by the following R, called the caret A or AIR sound. The EI pair in eight have a simple long A sound (ay) as in "ate."
No, "ape" does not have a short vowel sound. The vowel sound in "ape" is a long vowel sound.
No, "eat" does not have a long vowel sound. The vowel sound in "eat" is a short vowel sound.
Yes, the vowel sound in "fox" is a short vowel sound.
Does Profile, have a long vowel sound or short vowel sound
No, "plain" does not have a long vowel sound. The vowel "a" in "plain" is pronounced as a short vowel sound.
No. Hill has a short vowel sound and nice has a long vowel sound.
The O is long vowel sound and I is a short vowel sound
The vowel sound in "plate" is the long vowel sound /eɪ/.
No, "grate" does not have a short vowel sound. The vowel sound in "grate" is a long vowel sound, pronounced as /eɪ/.
No because it uses a log vowel sound