English Vowel Sounds
| | | | This vowel is known as the long a sound and it has the same sound as the alphabet letter A.
Try to practice simple words such as: late, eight, and hate. Remember that you have to open your mouth wide for this sound.The long a sound is written as eɪ in IPA. Therefore, you can think about pronouncing the long a sound as the short e sound plus the short i sound. Many non native English speakers pronounce the long a sound as the short e sound because they drop the short i sound. | | |
| Major Patterns for the Long A Sound | | | Pattern | Sample Word | Rule | Other Sounds for the Pattern / Exceptions | To practice the words for any of the following patterns, just click the links below.
In general, about 50% of words follow the major patterns, 30% the minor patterns, 20% sight words to be memorized. | The symbol * represents consonant letters in the patterns. For example, the pattern *a*e* can apply to words ate, bake, mate, wave, etc. | | *a*e* | *ai* | *ay* | *ei* | bake | gain | bay | eight | | | Note: Here Y is considered as a vowel | | Silent E Rule | Two Vowel Rule | Two Vowel Rule | EI Sound Rule | | | Minor Patterns for the Long A Sound | | | Pattern | Sample Word | Rule | Other Sounds for the Pattern / Exceptions | To practice the words for any of the following patterns, just click the links below.
In general, about 50% of words follow the major patterns, 30% the minor patterns, 20% sight words to be memorized. | The symbol * represents consonant letters in the patterns. For example, the pattern *a*e* can apply to words ate, bake, mate, wave, etc. | | *able* | *ache* | *ague* | *aneous* | *ange* | *aple* | *aste* | *asion* | *ation* | *a*al* | *a*en* | *a*er* | *a*or* | *a*y* | able | ache | plague | miscellaneous | change | maple | paste | occasion | nation | fatal | shaken | pager | savor | baby | Silent E Rule | | | Silent E Rule | | *otion*
*ution*
Note: A, O,
Try to practice simple words such as: late, eight, and hate. Remember that you have to open your mouth wide for this sound.The long a sound is written as eɪ in IPA. Therefore, you can think about pronouncing the long a sound as the short e sound plus the short i sound. Many non native English speakers pronounce the long a sound as the short e sound because they drop the short i sound. | | |
| Major Patterns for the Long A Sound | | | Pattern | Sample Word | Rule | Other Sounds for the Pattern / Exceptions | To practice the words for any of the following patterns, just click the links below.
In general, about 50% of words follow the major patterns, 30% the minor patterns, 20% sight words to be memorized. | The symbol * represents consonant letters in the patterns. For example, the pattern *a*e* can apply to words ate, bake, mate, wave, etc. | | *a*e* | *ai* | *ay* | *ei* | bake | gain | bay | eight | | | Note: Here Y is considered as a vowel | | Silent E Rule | Two Vowel Rule | Two Vowel Rule | EI Sound Rule | | | Minor Patterns for the Long A Sound | | | Pattern | Sample Word | Rule | Other Sounds for the Pattern / Exceptions | To practice the words for any of the following patterns, just click the links below.
In general, about 50% of words follow the major patterns, 30% the minor patterns, 20% sight words to be memorized. | The symbol * represents consonant letters in the patterns. For example, the pattern *a*e* can apply to words ate, bake, mate, wave, etc. | | *able* | *ache* | *ague* | *aneous* | *ange* | *aple* | *aste* | *asion* | *ation* | *a*al* | *a*en* | *a*er* | *a*or* | *a*y* | able | ache | plague | miscellaneous | change | maple | paste | occasion | nation | fatal | shaken | pager | savor | baby | Silent E Rule | | | Silent E Rule | | *otion*
*ution*
Note: A, O,