Fun Easy English - American English Grammar Vowel.

Learning objectives

In this lesson you will learn the definition of a vowel and study examples of vowels.

Definition of a vowel

A vowel:
is a sound in spoken language (or a letter of the alphabet denoting such a sound) that has a sounding voice (vocal sound) of its own
is a single sound which forms the basis of a syllable
has the following properties:
two adjacent vowel sounds can be blended together into a single syllable called a diphthong
the letter "W" by itself is not usually a vowel, but can form a diphthong with the vowels "A", "E", or "O"
the five primary vowel letters can represent both "long" and "short" vowel sounds (some of the long vowel sounds in English are actually diphthongs)
some vowel sounds are represented by combinations of vowel letters, such as "ou" in words like "through" or "thought"
English, makes extensive use of combinations of vowel letters to represent various sounds
vowels support the neighboring consonants, but often bear little information themselves (cn y rd ths?)

Examples of vowels

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