As my second grade teacher often reminded me: A, E, I, O, and U make
the English language go around. The English alphabet consists of twenty-six letters. The letters are classified into two categories by linguists: consonants and vowels. There are five letters that are always classified as vowels: a, e, i, o, and u. The letter y can function as a vowel in choice circumstances but is not considered a vowel. Every other letter in the alphabet is considered a consonant. When you pair a vowel with a consonant or group of consonants it will form a syllable. These vowel worksheets will help students better understand how vowel contribute sounds to words.
What Are Vowels?
The English language is made up of the combination of vowels and consonant sound. A vowel, in the English language, is simply marked as a letter that does not make a consonant sound. A vowel sound is produced with an open vocal tract configuration. Even when the term vowel initially alluded to a sound type, it is now more commonly referred to in the form of the alphabetical letters. The English language consists of five letters that are referred to as vowels and all the other letters from the alphabetic set are called consonant letters.
What are The Five English Vowels?
The five English vowels are "a, e, i, o, u". There are a few other letters like y and h that make a vowel-like sound in some words. However, they are not generally treated as a part of the set of standard 5 vowels.
What Do These Vowels Do?
Vowel sounds and words are very important in the formation of the English vocabulary. Their importance is no less than that of the consonants. These vowel sounds or letters, when joined with the consonant sounds or letters, make a syllable of the words. Syllables are the part of words spoken with one stroke of the tongue and are very important in the formation of any language's vocabulary and have many other useful functions as well.
Are There Any Rules to Follow for The Vowels Use?
The use of words starting with a vowel sound requires one to care for one rule. The words starting with a vowel sound like apple, ice cream, owl, oval, oral, utterance, etc. and in any statement must be preceded by 'an'. Unlike the words that start with a consonant sounding letter, we cannot put a 'an' before such words because it is a mistake.
