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Does the word house have long u sound?
No. It has the OW sound, which is not considered a long vowel and is indicated by /ou/. This is the sound in fowl (ow) and foul (ou).
What is the name given to two letters that together form one sound for example ou or ow?
Digraphs are pairs of letters that represent a single sound, such as "ou" in 'sound' or "ow" in 'cow'.
Does the word found have a long vowel or short vowel sound?
It has an OW sound (OW or OU digraph) and is not a long vowel sound.
What sound do the vowels have in house?
The OU pair in house is the diphthong OU/OW as in how and mouse.
What is the long vowel in the word around?
There are none. The A has a schwa sound, and the OU has the ou/ow sound as in the rhyming words sound and downed.
Does 'about' have a long or short vowel sound?
The A is a schwa (unstressed sound) and the OU has the ou/ow diphthong sound that is neither long or short.
Does cow have the short o sound?
No. It has the OU/OW diphthong sound as in how, wow, round, and sound.
Does mountains have a short a sound?
No. The OU has an "ow" sound and the AI pair has a schwa sound (tuhnz).
What words have the same vowel sound as in downtown?
There are two OW pairs in downtown, that have the ou/ow sound as in cow and brown. The OW is created by OW and OU and sometimes by AU. Some examples are: OW words - now, plow, sow, clown, owl, drowsy OU words - out, cloud, count, doubt, house, route, sound, south AU words - kraut, gauss
Is cows long vowel sound?
It is not a typical short O sound. The OW is a special sound (ou/ow) as in count.The diphthong ou/ow pairs the short O with a long U sound (aah-oo).You can see that the U in count has the same sound as the W in cow.
What vowel sound does grouch have?
The OU in grouch has the OW sound as in ouch, couch and pouch.(growch)
Does found have a short U sound?
No. The OU pair in found has the OW sound as in foul and round.
