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).
No, the words "ear" and "earth" do not have the same vowel sound. In phonetics, "ear" has the vowel sound /ɪər/ (as in "beer"), while "earth" has the vowel sound /ɜːr/ (as in "herd"). The vowel sound in "ear" is a diphthong, combining two vowel sounds, while the vowel sound in "earth" is a long monophthong.
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).