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If you look at my answer..you will see that I have extended myself more on the explanation...hope it wil help! :0

In my opinion and according to my knowledge, I believe the words : dog, gone and torn have a long o and the other word: "bold" is a short o

It has been a while since I taught Phonics to my students in Junior High (Florida), but  First) I believe that when we deal with PHONICS, we have to foolow certain rules..and I remember telling my students that words that finish in "one" like "gone" has a long sound and usually short words like; "tot" "pot" and even "dog" (sorry I think I made a mistake before) they have a short sound. One of the reasons the word "bold" has a short sound, is because when you say it, if you notice..it is said very rapidly...therefore you do not hear a long sound...Another way to find out, if you have a regular English dictionary, it will show you what kind of sounds the words have, besides dividing them into fragments or syllables.