Long and short

VOWELS
Long vowels
basic rules
Vowels at
the end of
vowel sou a syllable
nd. Examp make a lo
le: me and ng
h er o .
Vowel tea
ms form lo
ng vowels
“ai” in paid . Example
, “ee” in fe :
et.
A silent /e
/ makes th
word long e previous
, like in the vowel in t
words tak he
e and nice
.
Letters /i/
and /o/ ma
when they ke long vo
come befo wel sound
re two con s
in the wor sonants, li
ds find an ke

s
d cold.

owels basic rule

Short v
represe nte d by one vowel
lly
They’re typica a t, /e / in b et, /i/ in bin,
ple, /a/ in h
letter for exam /u/ in fun.
/o/ in hop, and

ws:
hort v ow els sound as follo , tan
S
s lik e “a h ” a s in cat, apple
/a/ sound , fed
nd s li ke “e h ” as in hen, egg
/e/ sou ink, ring, bill
e “ih” as in
/i/ sounds lik rod
s li ke “a w e” as in log, fox,
/o/ sound in u lcer, bug, run
“u h ” a s
/u/ sounds like

Other tr
icks
Y as a
long I:
of i wh The let
en it co ter y m
m akes th
that ha es at th e long
s no ot e end o sound
her vow f a sho
el. Exam rt word
Y as a p le s : cry, tr
long E: y , my .
unacce When
nted sy y or ey
llable, t ends a
h e y word in
e. Exam has the an
ples: m long so
oney, h und of
Two-V o n e y.
owels
next to Togethe
each o r: Whe
ther, th n two v
(the so e f irst vow owels a
und is t e l is usu re
letter) a he sam a lly long
nd the e as th
second e sound
vowel i of the
rain, go s silent
at, road . Exam
. ples:

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