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English Vowels 101

15 vowel sounds, 6 short vowels, 7 long vowels, and 2 reduced vowel sounds

Long Vowels- tense vowels

  • Beet, bait, boot, boat, boy, bite, bout

Short Vowels-lax vowels

  • Pit, pet, pat, putt, put, pot

Reduced Vowels- occur with the unstressed syllables

  • Jumping, about
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