The long A (ay) sound is heard in may and rhyming words such a bay and play. The long A is also heard in these words: A words - base, cake, late AI words - fail, maid, plain EA words - great EI words - veil EIGH words - weigh, weight, neighbor -ARE or -EAR words that have an umlaut A or R-influenced A - bear/bare, pear/pare
The homonym of "ear" is "hear." Both words sound the same but have different meanings.
The word "shirt" has a short vowel sound. The "i" is pronounced as a short vowel, like in the word "it."
It has neither. The final E is silent. The first E is R-controlled in that it makes two sounds when combined with the R. This is the caret I or "ear" sound. So "here" sounds the same as "hear."
The long A can be heard in:A words - base, cake, lateAY words - lay, may, payAI words - fail, maid, plainEI words - veilEIGH words - weigh, weight, neighbor(a type of long A, the caret A, is heard in EAR words such as bear and pear)The short A sound is usually only heard in A words such as apple, cat, and bad.The umlaut A or ar sound is heard in car and star, and in Dutch words with aar (aardvark).
The "ea" pair in ear has a long E sound ("eer") but Earth has the UR sound ("urth") as in "berth" and "worth".(The same sound ûr is seen in "nurse" and "worse".)
The long A (ay) sound is heard in may and rhyming words such a bay and play. The long A is also heard in these words: A words - base, cake, late AI words - fail, maid, plain EA words - great EI words - veil EIGH words - weigh, weight, neighbor -ARE or -EAR words that have an umlaut A or R-influenced A - bear/bare, pear/pare
The homonym of "ear" is "hear." Both words sound the same but have different meanings.
The indefinite article used before "ear" is "an", because "ear" starts with a vowel sound.
Not technically. You can hear the long E in words like deer and dear, but because of the R, it has a different vowel sound (the "ear" or ee-ur sound). This is called a caret I sound.
fear,tear,near,beer,dear
The long E sound comes from a number of vowels and vowel pairs, and "says the name" of the letter E (ee). The exception is that words with an R-shaped (ear) sound are not technically long E words, and are represented by a caret I.
The word "shirt" has a short vowel sound. The "i" is pronounced as a short vowel, like in the word "it."
It has neither. The final E is silent. The first E is R-controlled in that it makes two sounds when combined with the R. This is the caret I or "ear" sound. So "here" sounds the same as "hear."
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The long A can be heard in:A words - base, cake, lateAY words - lay, may, payAI words - fail, maid, plainEI words - veilEIGH words - weigh, weight, neighbor(a type of long A, the caret A, is heard in EAR words such as bear and pear)The short A sound is usually only heard in A words such as apple, cat, and bad.The umlaut A or ar sound is heard in car and star, and in Dutch words with aar (aardvark).
It is the same as the tubelike canal called the ear canal. This is where sound enters the ear.