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.
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".
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".
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").
Some examples of words with a long i vowel sound are: kite, time, like, and lime.
The exception, which is not really an exception, is that words that start with a vowel but are *pronounced* with a consonant sound, use A, not AN. This is actually the rule: AN precedes words that begin with a vowel sound (not a vowel).
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.