Have you noticed there’s a difference between the pronunciation of NOT and NOTE, or SIT and SITE? In this lesson I’ll 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, don’t worry, I have lots of example words to illustrate it - so don’t QUIT before you’ve started, it’s actually QUITE easy! You’ll also get to learn some new vocabulary along the way. https://www.engvid.com/basic-english-...

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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 –