Monday, October 3, 2011

Long a and Short a sounds




The main purpose when you speak is to be understood and in order for you to be understood, you must be able to pronounce words clearly and correctly.


The English vowels, namely the  a ,e, i, o, u have long and short sounds. Let's start with the vowel "a".

The short a is pronounced quickly and sounds like its letter sound /a/. Examples:
                                          fat                          hard
                                          father                     land
                                          pants                      war
The long a takes a long time in pronouncing compared to the short a
It is pronounced as /ey/.Examples:
                                                               
                                          Say                       May
                                          Pay                       pain
                                          cake                     shake


*What's good in learning pronunciation is that you will also learn new words to improve your vocabulary.

    Pronounce words clearly
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