1. LONG
AND
SHORT
VOWELS

2. When a vowel sounds like its
name, this is called
a long sound. A vowel letter
can also have short sounds.
Whether a vowel has a long
sound, a short sound, or
remains silent, depends on its
position in a word and the
letters around it.

3. Long Vowels 1
When a short word or syllable ends
with a vowel consonant “e”
combination (a-k-e), the vowel is
usually long and the "e" at the end
of the word is silent (this rule does
not apply in all cases).
Examples of a vowel consonant e
combination are: bake, ride, pole,
tune.

4. Long Vowels 2
When a word or syllable has a
single vowel and the vowel
appears at the end of the
word or syllable, the vowel
usually makes the long sound.
Examples are: no, he, go

5. Examples of long vowels in these
words:
LONG A
APE
LAKE
GATE
LONG E
EAT
FEET
EEL

6. LONG I
ICEBERGS
KITE
BITE
LONG O
OAK
LONELY
POTATOES
LONG U
UKULELE
UFO
UNITED

7. I’m going to talk about the vowel;
in English there are two types of
short and long vowels.

8. DEFINITION
A vowel is a letter which
makes a distinct sound by
itself. The vowels in the
English language are:
• A
• E
• I
• O
• U

9. But I’m going to talk about
short vowels:
Short vowels when there is a
single vowel in a short word
or syllable, the vowel usually
makes a short sound. These
short vowels usually appear at
the beginning of the word or
between two consonants.

10. Examples of short vowels are found in
these words:
Short Short Short Short Short
'a' 'e' 'i' 'o' 'u'
map egg king sock mug
apple help six song bus
hat fell wig job rug
plan bed grin stop luck
ant red fish top lunch

11. PRESENTADO POR:
CYNTHIA CAICEDO MONTERO
YELIXA HERRERA MORENO
LIC. EN LENGUA CASTELLANA,
INGLES Y FRANCES.

12. THANK
YOU