Exploring American English Vowel Sounds

The video tutorial explains the long and short pronunciations of vowels AEIOU, providing examples for each. It also covers diphthongs, highlighting their unique sounds with word examples. The tutorial aims to help learners distinguish between different vowel sounds and understand their usage in words.

Which word contains a short 'a' vowel sound?

• Hat

• Heat

• Home

• Hide

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CCSS.L.1.2D

CCSS.RF.2.3E

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

CCSS.RF.K.3A

What is the short vowel sound for 'e'?

• Oh

• Ee

• Eh

• Ah

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CCSS.L.1.2D

CCSS.RF.2.3E

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

CCSS.RF.K.3A

Which word contains a long 'i' vowel sound?

• Hut

• Hit

• Hide

• Hot

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2D

CCSS.L.K.2C

CCSS.RF.2.3E

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

What is the long vowel sound for 'o'?

• Oo

• Eh

• Ah

• Oh

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2D

CCSS.L.K.2C

CCSS.RF.2.3E

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Which word contains the diphthong 'ow'?

• Heat

• Cow

• Book

• Home

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CCSS.L.1.2E

CCSS.L.K.2D

CCSS.RF.1.3C

CCSS.RF.2.3A

CCSS.RF.2.3B