![]() ![]() Guideline 7: If e is at the end of a word, the vowel in the same word becomes long. Guideline 6: If a vowel is the final letter in a word, it is pronounced as a long vowel: she, me, he, go, domino, flamingo Guideline 5: If two different vowels appear next to each other, the second is usually silent while the first is prounced the way you would say it if you were chanting the alphabet: wait, dream, loan. Notable exceptions: book, foot, blood – all these are said with short vowels Guideline 4: If a vowel is doubled, it is usually a long sound: fleece, sheep, goose, moon. Examples: diner, dinner caned, canned biter, bitter Guideline 3: If a consonant in the middle of a word is doubled, the vowel before it is short but if it is single then the vowel before it is long. Guideline 2: If the two consonants after a vowel are different, the vowel is also usually short: link, hand, rock, dish, mark, sing. Guideline 1: If a vowel if followed by a single consonant at the end of a word, it is pronounced as short vowel: sit, log, had, men, bus ![]() That’s why I call them guidelines and not rules. Be warned though, for every guideline there’s an exception. While there are no hard and fast rules for English spelling and pronunciation, there are some guidelines which, if you follow, will help you make accurate guesses for unknown new words. This has blessed us (!) with a highly complex and irregular system of spelling and pronunciation which you, dear language learner, now need to navigate. When is a vowel pronounced short or long?Įnglish, as we know, is a language that has borrowed from everyone and his dog.
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