ENGLISH LONG VOWELS
English long vowels tend to be longer than the short vowels.
However, the lenght of the vowels varies according the context and the stress. Phonetically, these are
represented in symbols with the vowel plus two dots. There are minimal
differences in pronunciation. The sound quality is different and the two
addditional dots are used to distinguish these sound from the short ones. Some
varieties of pronunciation could be identified folowing these rules:
·
When a single vowel
letter is in the end of a word or syllable, it usually says its long sound as
in go and be.
·
When two vowels go
together in the same word or syllable, the first vowel is usually long, and the
second vowel is usually silent. e.g., bake makes the /ay/ sound (long a)
and the e is silent.
Irregular vowels sometimes do not apply the basic rules of
phonics, because they are exceptions. These are some examples, that should be
memorized to avoid confusion:
·
IGH as in
"high" or "sight"
·
-NG as in
"sing," "song," "sung"
·
OST as in
"most" (but not "lost" or "cost") uses the long
sound instead of the normal short
sound.
·
OW has two different
sounds as in "low" and "cow." (or, "sow" and
"sow.")
·
ED has three
different sounds as in "lifted," "played," and
"walked"
·
OI does not follow
the two vowels rule, e.g., "moist" or "boil."
·
Double O has two
different sounds, as in "book" and "loose."
·
OUS as in
"nervous."
·
AU as in
"fault" or "haul."
·
-SION, -TION, and
-CION are all pronounced "shun."
·
OUGH has at least
seven different sounds, as in "bough," "cough," "hough"
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