“…The term is derived from the Greek word 'mono', which means single, and '-pthong', which refers to sound or tone. It is categorised into two parts, which are short vowels and long vowels (Aziz et al, 2021). Short vowels consist of seven sounds which are /ae/ as in the word 'cat', /e/ as in the word 'pet', /ɪ/ as in the word 'fit', /ɒ/ as in the word 'hot', /ʌ/ as in the word 'hut', /ʊ/ as in the word 'bull', and /ə/ as in the word 'the'.…”