hello and welcome to speak American English with Lyman Holton my name is
Lyman Holton
in this lesson we will learn about three important long bowel rules first let's
review what is a long vowel a long vowel sounds like it's letter name a II I owe
you for example a as in acorn basic
fatal e as in B even she I as in find idea
side o as in both go old
you as in cute music unicorn the three long vowel rules rule number one
normally if a word has two vowels in it the first vowel sounds like it's letter
name and the second vowel is silent rule number one example came key road rule
number two when a word has one vowel in it and it's
at the end of the word it usually has a long vowel sound rule number two example
she go hi
rule number three I and O usually have the long vowel sound when followed by
two or more consonants rule number three example bind night cold thank you for
watching this video and I look forward to seeing you at our next lesson goodbye
for now