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The U has a long U (long OO) vowel sound.
The U has a long U (long YOO) vowel sound. The E is silent.
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).
Yes. The U in gum has a short U vowel sound.
The vowel sound in tough is a short u sound, as in tub. Tough rhymes with stuff.
The UI vowel pair in fruit has the long U (long OO) vowel sound, as in root and boot.
The UI vowel pair has a long U (long OO) sound, as in suit and root.
Yes. The word has a long OO (U) sound, to rhyme with cute and flute.
The UI pair in fruit has a long U (long OO) sound. (froot)
No. The UI pair has a long U (long OO) vowel sound, as in sue and fruit.
No. The UI vowel pair has a long U (long OO) sound, to rhyme with boot and shoot.
The U sound in "rule" is a long vowel sound.
No, the vowel "u" in the word "mule" is a long vowel sound.
The U has a long U (long OO) vowel sound, as in tune and rube.
Yes, the word "tulip" has a long vowel sound. The 'u' in tulip is pronounced as "yoo," making it a long vowel sound.
The U in cut does not have a long U sound, but rather a short U (uh), as in but and nut.
The UE vowel pair has the long U (long OO) vowel sound, as in blue and glue.