Basic English: How to pronounce the long vowel sound in words ending with e

Have you noticed theres a difference between the pronunciation of NOT and NOTE, or SIT and SITE In this lesson Ill introduce you to this interesting rule, where adding an E at the end of a word changes the previous vowel from short to long. If this sounds strange, dont worry, I have lots of example words to illustrate it so dont QUIT before youve started, its actually QUITE easy Youll also get to learn some new vocabulary along the way. Next, watch more of my pronunciation lessons: Basic English: How to pronounce negative contractionsISN T, WON T, English Pronunciation: How to say words beginning with W+vowel In this lesson: 00:00 The Long e Vowel Sound in English 01:12 bit bite 01:42 fat fate 01:57 gap gape 02:28 hop hope 03:04 not note 03:14 plan plane 03:28 quit quite 04:12 rip ripe 05:00 sit site 05:09 strip stripe 05:55 tap tape 06:46 trip tripe 07:33 Review