1.When there is only one vowel in a word and it is anywhere except at the end of a word, it usually has a short sound.
2.Where there is only one vowel and it comes at the end of the word, it usually has a long sound.
3.When there are two or more vowels and the word ends with the vowel 'E', two things happen. The ending vowel 'E' is silent, and the vowel that comes before it has a long sound.
4.When two vowel letters are together, the first vowel letter has a long sound and the second vowel letter is silent.
5.When a word has a vowel followed by two of the same consonants in a row (called a double consonant), a short sound is used for the vowel.
6.When a word has two of the same vowels in a row (called a double vowel), pronounce them as one vowel, using the long sound. This rule does not apply when 'O' is the double vowel.
7.When 'O' is a double vowel, it makes different sounds.
