English Vowel Sounds : Sound /i/ leak keen peat beet bee /I/ lick lit kin pit bit /ey/ lake late cane bait bay /e/ let Ken pet bet ae lack can pat bet baa ah lock con pot bought bah uh luck putt but oo look put /u/ Luke lute coon boot boo er lurk Kern pert Bert burr /o/ cone boat Bo, bow /ai/ like kine bite by /au/ lout pout bout bough /oi/ coin boy Some Generalizations (Not Rules) about English vowels and spelling English vowels have long and short forms. The long form is the name of the letter: The short form is as follows: A E I O U /ey/ /i/ /ai/ /o/ or /ou/ /u/ or /yu/ a e i o u ae /e/ /I/ ah uh Long vowels are usually (but not always) indicated by a second (silent) vowel in the same syllable: sheep bait heat loaf like mice tune peace juice hoe leave jay slow pony (Sometimes y and w can function as a second vowel.) Short vowels usually stand alone within a syllable and are often followed by double consonants: ran jet cup doll kiss tick lamb witch fast hint punch Note the difference: hope hop hoped hopped hoping hopping tiny/tinny Notable exceptions: head light read give sign live gone find lead (sound is short despite silent second vowel) (sound is long despite no silent second vowel) (two pronunciations: long or short) .
Posted on: Fri, 21 Nov 2014 08:30:00 +0000
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