A few vowel sound rules are: If there are two vowels right next to each other in a word the first one is long and the second one is silent. If there is an E at the end of a word the vowel in the word is long and the E is silent. If a word has one vowel in it and it is at the end of the word it usually has the long sound. The vowels I and O usually have long sounds when they are followed by 2 or
. more consonants.
