Some examples of the long A to begin words:
A words - able, anal, apiary, apex, aviation
A words with silent E : ale, ape, ate
AI words - aid, ail, aim
EI words - eight
Words that begin with a short A sound include:ableaceacheacornagealeaidailaimanalangelaortaapeapexapronasymmetricedelweiss (ay-del-vice)
Both the E and the I have short I vowel sounds (big-in).
It is a long vowel, words like know and snow are, words like cow and plow are not however :)
The long vowel sound in the word "title" is the "i" sound, pronounced like "IE" in words such as "pie" or "lie."
No, "stay" is not a long vowel word. The "ay" in "stay" is a diphthong, which is a combination of two vowel sounds that glide together. Long vowel words typically have a single vowel that says its name (e.g., "cake" or "ride").
Words that begin with a short A sound include:ableaceacheacornagealeaidailaimanalangelaortaapeapexapronasymmetricedelweiss (ay-del-vice)
Guard, guest, guilt and guess are words that begin with GU and contain a vowel.
Both the E and the I have short I vowel sounds (big-in).
There are 54,051 words that begin with a vowel in Webster's Second International dictionary, alone. That is too many to list.
It is a long vowel, words like know and snow are, words like cow and plow are not however :)
No, the question should be "Are you looking for anelectrician?" The article "an" is used before words that begin with a vowel sound, and "electrician" begins with a vowel sound. Note that some words that begin with an actual vowel do not begin with a vowel sound. One example is "usable".
No. "An" is used before words that begin with a vowel sound, but not all words that begin with vowels begin with vowel sounds. "Urinalysis" begins with a "y" sound, so you would use "a" rather than "an" before it as you would for any word that begins with a "y" sound: a urinalysis, a yawn. Examples of words that begin with "u" and also begin with a vowel sound are "udder", "ugly", and "unhappy".
The long vowel sound in the word "title" is the "i" sound, pronounced like "IE" in words such as "pie" or "lie."
No, "stay" is not a long vowel word. The "ay" in "stay" is a diphthong, which is a combination of two vowel sounds that glide together. Long vowel words typically have a single vowel that says its name (e.g., "cake" or "ride").
Some examples of words with a long i vowel sound are: kite, time, like, and lime.
Yes, "i" is considered a long vowel when pronounced like in words such as "pie" or "fine."
A long vowel sound is one that says the name of the letter (U can be OO or YOO). The sounds are ay, ee, eye, oh, and oo/yoo. For example, age, ache and able are all long A words.