Vowels in English

Vowels are the letters "a", "e", "i", "o", and "u".

A vowel sound is a type of sound. Most of the time, a vowel sound is created from the letters "a", "e", "i", "o", and/or "u".

Listen to the vowel sounds, below.

• long [a] sound

• "Father" has the long [a] sound:

• [ae] sound

• "Class" has the [ae] sound:

• [ai] sound

• "Buy" has the [ai] sound:

• [au] sound

• "Mouse" has the [au] sound:

• [e] sound

• "Tell" has the [e] sound:

• natural [e] sound

• "Cut" has the natural [e] sound:

• [ei] sound

• "Day" has the [ei] sound:

• [er] sound

• "Earth" has the [er] sound:

• [i] sound

• "It" has the [i] sound:

• long [i] sound

• "Leave" has the long [i] sound:

• [o] sound

• "Model" has the [o] sound:

• long [o] sound

• "Long" has the long [o] sound:

• [oi] sound

• "Boy" has the [oi] sound:

• [ou] sound

• "Note" has the [ou] sound:

• [u] sound

• "Pull" has the [u] sound:

• long [u] sound

• "Blue" has the long [u] sound:

• [u:] sound

• "Cute" has the [u:] sound: