1. Please read the tip on the short A sound.
2. Remember the short A sound is the letter a with a check-like symbol above as ).
3. Click here to see all the patterns for the short A sound or right click the list box to choose patterns.
4. In the following example, the letter A is pronounced as the short A sound if the letter A is followed by two consonants such as the letters CT. If you learn the word hackle, then you can apply the pattern to remember that the letter A is pronounced as the short A sound.(Note, sometimes the letter A, followed by two consonants, is pronounced as the schwa sound instead of the short A sound depending where the stress is. For example, the letter A in across is pronounced as the schwa sound because the stress is on the letter C.)
5. Use our auto-play feature and other useful features to help you practice the words.

Using the video clips to guide you how to pronounce the short A sound.

In the following example, you will learn that the letter A is pronounced as the short A sound when the words contain only the vowel letter A. You can practice the list of words to help you get rid of your accents. You can also compare the words art, out, at, eat, it, eight, oat, etc, and test your listening.

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