Most grammar sources say yes. Although the concept of long vowels are that they "say their name," the long U can be represented by a long OO as in rule, dune, and Flute -- these words follow the pattern of long vowels in words ending in silent E.
The sound "YOO" actually contains a consonant Y (y-glide) and follows several consonants, as in cute, mute, mule, fuel, feud, and view, as well as in words that start with U such as uniform, unicorn, and unique.
The reason that some classify them as different sounds is that using the term "long U" can be confusing where there are both long OO and long YOO variations that are both words, such as mute and moot, cute and coot, feud and food, and fuel and fool.
No, "oo" and "yoo" represent different vowel sounds. "oo" typically represents the long vowel sound /uː/ as in "boot", while "yoo" represents the diphthong /juː/ as in "cue".
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.
Words like blue, through, and cue have the same vowel sound as "true," which is the "oo" sound.
It is the long U sound, which is either a long OO or more narrowly a YOO sound.(fyoo)
The word rule is a long U (long OO) vowel sound. It can be a plain OO as in cool, gruel, and ghoul. Or it can be the YOO sound as in humid, mule, cute, feud, and fuel.
No, "gloomy" and "look" do not have the same vowel sound. The vowel sound in "gloomy" is the "oo" sound, while in "look" it is the "oo" or "u" sound.
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 word rule is a long U (long OO) vowel sound. It can be a plain OO as in cool, gruel, and ghoul. Or it can be the YOO sound as in humid, mule, cute, feud, and fuel.
Words like blue, through, and cue have the same vowel sound as "true," which is the "oo" sound.
No. The OU in the word "you" has a long U (long OO, long YOO) vowel sound.
No, the word "pure" does not have a long U vowel sound. It has a short U sound, as in "puh-yoor."
It is the long U sound, which is either a long OO or more narrowly a YOO sound.(fyoo)
The short vowel sound of "humor" is the "uh" sound, as in "huh."
The long vowel in "butte" is the 'u' as in "boot."
No, the word "few" is pronounced with a short U sound, as in "phew."
The word butte rhymes with cute and mute. It has a long U (long YOO) vowel sound.(*some guides consider the long OO and long YOO separate sounds, but only the Y consonant sound is different, as in cute, which has an OO version coot)
Words with long vowel sounds often have a silent "e" at the end (e.g. "make"), a vowel-consonant-e pattern (e.g. "bike"), or a vowel digraph like "ai" or "ee" (e.g. "rain," "see"). Learning common long vowel patterns and practicing identifying them in words can help you figure out words with long vowel sounds.
The UI pair has a long OO sound. The "yoo" sound is heard in words such as cute and fuel.