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The word species is the singular and the plural form; a species of fish, many species of fish.
Yes, the word "hop" could be considered to be onomatopoetic in many cases. The "p" sound, and the shortness of the word (one syllable) mimic the sound of jumping or hopping, as in a frog landing on a lilly pad or a girl playing hopscotch.
The word "cats" has only one morpheme. However, because of the "s" at the end of the word it is considered an allomorph or variant form of it.
No. The word beast has a long E sound (as in east) and the word best has a short E sound (as in west).
Touch the word "smallest fish" then touch the smallest fish that appears.
You hear one vowel. The e sound. Orthographically speaking(the written word) there are two vowels. A and e.
No, because it does not have an A in it. It has a short I sound.
There is none. If you sound out the word slowly, you will see that you hear every sound in it.
Hear is a verb: hear, hears, hearing, heard.
No. The EA has a long E sound, as in clear and rear.
The A has a short A sound, and the E has a short I sound.
An unstressed vowel is a vowel in the word you don't sound.
The homonym for the word "here" is the word "hear." SENTENCE EX: I'm here from work. I hear a sound outside.
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Use our interactive phonemic chart to hear each symbol spoken, followed by an example of the sound in a word.
Adjacent vowels are where two vowels are together and give their unique sound. For example, in the word "create," you hear the E and A sound so they are adjacent. In the word "rain" you only hear the A sound, so they are not adjacent. ChaCha!
You can't hear the 'e'.You'll be surprised to know that there is another vowel in the word that you don't really hear: the first 'a'. Yes, there is a vowel sound, but it is the schwa sound, the sound that most unstressed vowels make. Schwa is heard with many unstressed vowels, whatever the vowel, and they sound virtually identical to each other.