The short I is practically always spelled with an I or a Y, but there are some words with other spellings that may use the pronunciation, especially unstressed E words.
I words : big, hid, sit
Y words : hymn, cyst, rhythm
UI words: build, guilt
EE words : been
EI words : forfeit, foreign
A words : shortage, manage
Words beginning with E or having a consonant E
- emotion, elusive, expense (The E is not stressed in context.)
- became, relate, secure, molecule (first E), basket, hatred
*The AI in words such as chieftain are more properly a schwa than an i sound.
The short U sound is the letter U. The E is a short E sound (eht).
The short U sound is seen in these spellings: U - tub, mud, stuff, hum, nut, and ugly OU - rough, tough OO - blood, flood O (followed by F or V) - of, love, shove A - was, what
The letters "ou" make the "f" sound in the word "rough."
The word strengths has only 1 short vowel. (9 letters) The word strengthlessness has 3 short vowels (17 letters)
Yes. The A has the short A sound as in can and dandy. The Y has a long E sound.
The short U sound is the letter U. The E is a short E sound (eht).
The short U sound is seen in these spellings: U - tub, mud, stuff, hum, nut, and ugly OU - rough, tough OO - blood, flood O (followed by F or V) - of, love, shove A - was, what
The letters 'c' and 'z' make the 's' sound.:)
The letters "ou" make the "f" sound in the word "rough."
The letters OA make the long O sound in goal
The word strengths has only 1 short vowel. (9 letters) The word strengthlessness has 3 short vowels (17 letters)
Yes. The A has the short A sound as in can and dandy. The Y has a long E sound.
Yes. The A has a short A sound as in am and lamp.
The letters "ti" in the word "caution" make the "sh" sound.
Short :)
Yes, the palindrome for "to make a short explosive sound" is "pop."
The verb am has a short A vowel sound. (The long A is heard in the word aim.)*The initialism AM is pronounced like the two letters, A M.