In English, vowel sounds are all voiced, here you have Alphabet vowel sounds, relative vowel sounds and some diphthongs. Each one has an example:
Manner of ponunciation
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Relative vowel sounds
/æ/ - /ɜ/-/ɪ/-/a/-/ʌ/
a - e - i - o - u
*How do you know when you have to pronounce a relative vowel sound?
Here you have a rule, it could serve you to answer this question, ¡check it out!
THE ONE VOWEL SOUND
If there is only one vowel letter in a short word, It is pronounced with its relative vowel sond.
/æ/ /ɜ/ /ɪ/ /a/ /ʌ/
Has bed fill tom up
Cat send his shop run
Man men dig clock lunch
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Alphabet vowel sounds
If there are two vowel letter in a one syllable word:
* The first vowel is pronounced with its alphabet vowel sound .
* The second vowel is silent.
/ei/ /i/ /ai/ /ow/ /iu/
Change mean dried chose rude
save teach fine note fumes
grave seat pie pose fumes
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Diphthongs:
As in spanish, in english we have diphthongs too, on the following table you can see an example of relative and alphabet vowel sounds and some diphthongs.
Choose the rigth simbol for the next words, ¿are they relative or alphabet sounds?
Plum /ʌ/ - /iu/ miss /i/ - /ɪ/
Set /i/ - /ɜ/ span /æ/ - /ei/
Cute /iu/ - /ʌ/ house /a/ - /ow/
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