Short A Sounds. Learn about short a sound with free interactive flashcards. All files are available in both wav and mp3 formats.
In case you're not sure how a short a should sound, please see video below: Short and long vowel sounds. ə is a short neutral vowel sound (the schwa sound).
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All files are available in both wav and mp3 formats. The short a sound appears in english words such as fat, cat, and back. Quite a few common words spelled with 'o' are pronounced with a short 'u' sound: Short a sound, short a song, cvc words with letter a, three letter blending with short a, songs, videos, games and activities that the following diagram shows some examples of cvc, short a words.