The vowel sounds

Weve 20 vowel sounds:

Short vowels

/ e / : pen, egg,

elephant, end.
/ I / : tin, six, fill, pin, bin

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/ / : ugly, up, other,

mother.
/ / : cat, bad, apple,

rat, fat, bat.

/ / : dog, song, long,

fog, God.
/ u / : book, look, full,

cook, good.
/ / : father, select,

Long vowels

/ i: / : evening, feed, read,

breeze.
/ u: / : food, school, cool, pool,

soon.
/ : / : more, door, call, ball,

bought.
/ : / : service, Thursday, burn,

learn.
/ : / : far, father, art, last, part.

about, collect.

Diphthongs

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I / : I, hi, by, buy, sky, ride, why, tie, pie, guy.

I / : boy, toy, joy, employ, enjoy.
eI / : day, bay, ray, hay, May, April, pray, say, pay.
u / : no, home, boat, know, snow, most.
u / : cow, how, now, sow.
u / : poor, tour, pure.
I / : tear, here, hear, near, dear.
e / : tear, air, fair, pair, bear, share, hair, care, stair.