The letters a, e, i, o, and u are called vowels.
All other letters that are not vowels are called consonants.
Each vowel can make a long or a short sound.
The short 'a' sounds like
add
ask
A long 'a' sounds like:
came
name
Tip: When you say a vowel's name, like "A E I O and U", you are saying the long sound.
Tip: When you see a vowel, then a consonant, then 'e', it makes a long vowel sound.
Take a look at these long vowel sound words:
ride
bone
save
kite
cute
mine
They all follow the vowel-consonant-e pattern, which makes a long vowel sound.
Can you spell them all? Try the practice. 😺