The short sound appears as in the words book, booth, and took. There is both a long and short sound to “oo”. However there are two more less common short vowel sounds in English. They form the majority of simple CVC words in English and make them suitable to teach emergent students of English. These are also the most common short vowel sounds in English. However, there are exceptions to this rule, such as with irregular vowels. The five short vowel sounds in English are /a/e/i/o/u. Some dictionaries use the diacritical mark for a short vowel and it is called a breve (˘), which is in the shape of a downturned arc.Ī vowel is usually short when there is only one vowel in a word or syllable, as in c at, b ed, h ot. 2) HOPE and HOP have (or not have) whats called the silent E, which is. When a vowel is followed by a consonant, the vowel is short. 1) TABLE and TAB are called open and closed syllables making the vowel long or short. They are used to simply give a name to a vowel sound so when the sound is discussed, the name and not the sound is used. These archaic terms are still in popular use in American classrooms and online. The terms "long" and "short" are not describing the length of time a vowel sound is said. The short vowel sounds are not pronounced for shorter time than long vowel sounds.
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