words that have the long oo sound are wood, took, too, noon, good, root, book, wool, and food.
No. It has a short OO sound. This is clearer if you compare the short OO words good and should, because sure has the same first sounds as should.The long U (OO) sound is heard in the unusual term shoer, which rhymes with doer and newer.
The sound of a long vowel is usually the same as the name of the letter. However, the long U as seen in chute and flute is the OO sound, not the YOO sound. So most sources consider the long OO and long YOO the same long vowel sound, with or without the consonant y-glide. Long OO words : cool, moon, dune, suit, due (also do and dew), stew, lieu, deuce Long OO (YOO) words : cute, fuel, uniform, beauty (Short OO words : good, foot, soot, put, could)
Words with a long OO (long U) include the rhyming words spoon, balloon, baboon, loon, and soon. Other long OO words are boom, two, tomb, and plume.
No common English words have the spelling YOO. There are many words that sound like YOO that have only a U or an EW:cue,cute, mutefew, mew, pewuniform, unique*There is some ambiguity for words such as pure, which is classed as a short YOO because it precedes an R, while the word puce is classed as a long YOO.
No. The OO in boot is a long OO (long U) sound, to rhyme with loot, moot, and shoot.
Some examples include "could," "should," and "would."
The vowel sound is a long U (long OO) vowel sound (floot).The YOO sound is another form of the long U, long OO, where a consonant shapes a y-sound. Some YOO words are cute, mute, fuel, feud, and uniform.
The words lose, prove, and move (and words based on them) have the long OO sound.
The UI pair has a long OO sound. The "yoo" sound is heard in words such as cute and fuel.
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Yes, the word "school" has a long vowel sound on the vowel "oo," making the sound /uː/.
No, it is a "long OO" sound (double O as in moon).Some words with O, U, OU are pronounced with OO : to, dune, souvenir
O sound words : door, floor, and in some dialects poor(US homophone is pour, not pore).
It depends on how you pronounce "tour." The R influences the OO sound, which sounds like the long OO in too followed by an (ur). Dictionaries show this as a short OO as in good and foot, but it is much closer to a long OO sound. The same sound appears in the words boor, poor (pour), and spoor. Words with a long OO include: U words with a silent E (tune, dude) UE words (due, clue) OU words (ghoul) Words with a YOO sound as in humid, human, mule, cute, feud, and fuel.
The I is a short I sound as in the words bid, dig, fib, gin, hit, and list. The OO has the long U (long OO) sound as in loon, moon, and two. Other long OO sound words include due, sue, dune, flute, chute, suit and nuance. There are also words that have a long YOO sound (Y + OO), as appears from certain spellings including cute, fuel, feud, mule, mute, few, and view. Also in some words that start with a U, such as unit, use, uniform, and ukulele.
A long U is a long OO sound, which may also sound like YOO when following certain consonants. There is also a "short OO" sound that is midway between (uh) and (oo). Long OO words : cool, moon, dune, suit, due (also do and dew), stew, lieu, deuce Long OO (YOO) words : cute, fuel, uniform, beauty (Short OO words : good, foot, soot, put, could)
No, "Drew" and "spoon" do not have the same vowel sound. "Drew" has the /uː/ sound (as in "blue"), while "spoon" has the /uː/ sound (as in "too").