the answer to that is that AnimAl has 2 vowels in it. a.
It has one long vowel (E) and one schwa sound.
A long vowel sound sounds like the letter name. The word "Zebra" consists of one long vowel sound; The "E," and one short vowel sound; The "A."
zebra
No, 'beast' has a long 'e' sound. It is pronounced 'beest'.
Yes. The OO has a long OO (long U) vowel sound. (zu)
The "o" in "hot" is a short vowel sound.
The usual vowel sound of the O in dog is an AW sound, which is written as a caret O, and is neither long nor short. *There is a variant pronunciation with a short O, to rhyme with cog.
Yes, the word "load" has a short vowel sound. The "o" in "load" is pronounced as a short vowel sound, like the "o" in "hot" or "dog."
In the word "bow," the "o" is a short vowel sound. It is pronounced as "b-ow" with a short "o" sound as in "hot" or "dog."
No. It is an AW sound (awn) that is neither long or short. A similar word is "awl."
The usual vowel sound of the O in dog is an AW sound, which is written as a caret O, and is neither long nor short. *There is a variant pronunciation with a short O, to rhyme with cog.
No, the word "flag" contains a long vowel sound, as the "a" is pronounced like "ay" in this case. Short vowel words would include simple words like "cat" or "dog" where the vowel sounds are short and distinct.
The vowel in "has" is a short vowel. It is pronounced as /æ/ which is a short 'a' sound.
Loser long or short vowel
The word "finish" has a short vowel sound for both "i" and "a."
then is a short vowel
The "i" is the only vowel in "which", and it has a short vowel sound.