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5 Pairs Long and Short Vowels

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Q: How many pairs of long and short vowels in English? Give example?

A: There are five long and short vowels in English.


They are /i:/ and /i/ , /u:/ and /ʊ/ , /a:/ and /ʌ/ ; /ɔ:/ and /ɒ/ , /ɜ:/
and /ə/

/i:/ in the words reason /’ri: zən/ , agee /əˈɡriː/ , complete


/kəmˈpliːt/, believe /bɪˈliːv/ , eat /i:t/

/i/ in the words

damage /’dæmɪdʒ
begin /bɪ’gɪn/ bắt đầu
become /bɪ’kʌm/ trở nên
behave /bɪ’hæv/ cư xử
/
build
bɪld/

Too /tuː/
Food /fuːd/
Soon /suːn/

Remove /rɪˈmuːv/
Bamboo /bæmˈbuː/

Foot /fʊt/
Should /ʃʊd/
Good /gʊd/

Sugar /'ʃʊgər/

Put /pʊt/

Father /'fɑːðər/
Sharpen /'ʃɑːrpən/
Garden /'gɑːrdən/
Artist /'ɑːrtɪst/
Tomato /təˈmɑːtəʊ/

Sunny /'sʌni/
Money /'mʌni/
Among /əˈmʌŋ/
Wonder/ˈwʌndər/
Nothing /ˈnʌθɪŋ/

water /ˈwɔːtər/
daughter /ˈdɔːtər/
corner /ˈkɔːrnər/
before /bɪˈfɔːr/
autumn /ˈɔːtəm/

Hobby /'hɒbi/
Coffee /'kɒfi/
Sorry /'sɒri/
Doctor/ˈdɒktə(r)/
Impossible /ɪmˈpɒsəbl/

early /ˈɜːrli/
thirty /ˈθɜːrti/
journey /ˈdʒɜːrni/
worship /ˈwɜːrʃɪp/
curtain /ˈkɜːrtn/

Mother /ˈmʌðər/
Picture /ˈpɪktʃər/
Banana /bəˈnænə/
Famous /ˈfeɪməs/ Around /əˈraʊnd/

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