Long And Short Vowel Sounds. A good way to practise long and short vowel sounds is by using minimal pairs like fit and feet. So in the case of "A," the word "main" might have a long "A" sound because we pronounce the "A" as /ā.
The Vowels Song by Scratch Garden teaches the different pronunciation of long vowels and short vowels in the English language. 📖 THIS VIDEO NOW HAS A GREAT. This page explains when each sound is commonly used. Two vowels can join together to create yet more sounds e.g. boy, house.
All vowels have at least two main sounds that they make depending on surrounding letters and sounds.
This page explains when each sound is commonly used.
In some languages vowel length is an important phonemic factor. The so-called "short" vowel (or short sound of the vowel) is a monophthong and the so-called "long" vowel (or long sound of the vowel) is a diphthong (considering /iː/ as [ij] and /uː/ as [uw]). There's reading to be done, too!