The vowel sounds

Weve 20 vowel sounds:

Short vowels

/ e / : pen, egg, elephant, end. / I / : tin, six, fill, pin, bin . / / : ugly, up, other, mother. / / : cat, bad, apple, rat, fat, bat. / / : dog, song, long, fog, God. / u / : book, look, full, cook, good. / / : father, select, about, collect.

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.

Diphthongs

/ 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.