Difference between long and short vowels for Spanish speakers

Long a Short a
This vowel sounds the way it is named in the alphabet. This vowel sounds similar to the way it is pronounced in Spanish.
(open mouth as if you are going to say e but you pronounce a)

The next combinations can have this sound: Ex:

 aCe: lake,name, snake, plane, wave
Cat, map, bat, mad, fat, fan, can, dad, man,
 ay: play, tray, May, say, day
fast, bag, ask, hand
 ai: train, jail, snail, paint, rain, maid
Long e Short e
This vowel sounds the way it is named in the alphabet. This vowel sounds similar to the way it is pronounced in Spanish

The next combinations can have this sound: Ex:

 ee: see, fifteen, wheel, sheep, street
Bed, net, web, pen, jet, wet, hen, ten
 ey: key, monkey, valley, honey, volley
 ea: seal, steal, sea, tea, read, dream
 ie: believe, cookie, piece, thief, niece
 e: he, she, we, even, evil, erase
Long i Short i
This vowel sounds the way it is named in the alphabet. This vowel sounds similar to the way it is pronounced in Spanish.
The next combinations can have this sound: Ex:
 iCe: kite, five, fire, bike, lime, slide
Big, sit, pig, mix, lip, lick, kick, pin, zip
 igh: light, high, bright, sight, right
 -y: sky, fry, cry, my, buy, fly, try, by
Long o Short o
This vowel sounds the way it is named in the alphabet. This vowel sounds similar to the way it is pronounced in Spanish.
The next combinations can have this sound: Hot, pot, dog, sock, rock, box, mop
 oCe: note, bone, hole, stove, cone, rose  aw: paw, hawk, law, fawn, yawn
 oa: toad, boat, soap, goal, road, toast  au: Australia, auditorium, audio
 ow: blow, know, snow, slow, show, pillow  al: talk, walk, also, always
Long u Short u
This vowel sounds the way it is named in the alphabet. This vowel sounds similar to an “a” in Spanish, but without
opening the mouth too much.
The next combinations can have this sound: Ex:
 uCe: mute, mule, cute, tube, cube
Study, hut, luck, run, bug, bus, gum
 ue: statue, rescue, value, argue, tissue
 ew: crew, new, nephew, few
 u: (in some words of more than one syllable)
unicorn, uniform, music, student