beer, tear
The long A (ay) sound is heard in may and rhyming words such a bay and play. The long A is also heard in these words: A words - base, cake, late AI words - fail, maid, plain EA words - great EI words - veil EIGH words - weigh, weight, neighbor -ARE or -EAR words that have an umlaut A or R-influenced A - bear/bare, pear/pare
The homonym of "ear" is "hear." Both words sound the same but have different meanings.
Shirt has a short vowel sound. The sound is the [ər] category. It includes vowels with er, ur, ir, or, ar, and ear sounds. Examples are serve, curl, bird, doctor, dollar, and hearth.
It has neither. The final E is silent. The first E is R-controlled in that it makes two sounds when combined with the R. This is the caret I or "ear" sound. So "here" sounds the same as "hear."
The long A can be heard in:A words - base, cake, lateAY words - lay, may, payAI words - fail, maid, plainEI words - veilEIGH words - weigh, weight, neighbor(a type of long A, the caret A, is heard in EAR words such as bear and pear)The short A sound is usually only heard in A words such as apple, cat, and bad.The umlaut A or ar sound is heard in car and star, and in Dutch words with aar (aardvark).
The "ea" pair in ear has a long E sound ("eer") but Earth has the UR sound ("urth") as in "berth" and "worth".(The same sound ûr is seen in "nurse" and "worse".)
The long A (ay) sound is heard in may and rhyming words such a bay and play. The long A is also heard in these words: A words - base, cake, late AI words - fail, maid, plain EA words - great EI words - veil EIGH words - weigh, weight, neighbor -ARE or -EAR words that have an umlaut A or R-influenced A - bear/bare, pear/pare
The indefinite article used before "ear" is "an", because "ear" starts with a vowel sound.
The homonym of "ear" is "hear." Both words sound the same but have different meanings.
fear,tear,near,beer,dear
The long E sound comes from a number of vowels and vowel pairs, and "says the name" of the letter E (ee). The exception is that words with an R-shaped (ear) sound are not technically long E words, and are represented by a caret I.
Shirt has a short vowel sound. The sound is the [ər] category. It includes vowels with er, ur, ir, or, ar, and ear sounds. Examples are serve, curl, bird, doctor, dollar, and hearth.
It has neither. The final E is silent. The first E is R-controlled in that it makes two sounds when combined with the R. This is the caret I or "ear" sound. So "here" sounds the same as "hear."
It is the same as the tubelike canal called the ear canal. This is where sound enters the ear.
The long A can be heard in:A words - base, cake, lateAY words - lay, may, payAI words - fail, maid, plainEI words - veilEIGH words - weigh, weight, neighbor(a type of long A, the caret A, is heard in EAR words such as bear and pear)The short A sound is usually only heard in A words such as apple, cat, and bad.The umlaut A or ar sound is heard in car and star, and in Dutch words with aar (aardvark).
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Most words spelled with -ear have a long E sound called a caret I, which sounds like "ear" as in fear, gear, and hear. It is also heard in words such as beer and pier. A few have the long A sound called a caret A, which sounds like "air" as in fare and fair. These are bear, pear, swear, wear, and tear (rip).