Some examples include "could," "should," and "would."
The OU vowel pair in could is a short OO vowel sound as in the word "good." It is normally made by OO as in book, foot, wool, and hoof. Other OU words include should and would. Some U words include bush, pull, put, and pudding Single O words are woman and wolf.
No, it is an OU/OW sound as in "how" (a diphthong pair that combines the sounds ah-oo). Most -out words have this sound, such as bout, lout, and tout.
To produce the "ou" sound as in "sound," position your mouth to make an "ah" sound and then round your lips as if to say "oo." Practice transitioning smoothly between these two positions to achieve the correct pronunciation.
The word "soup" has a short vowel sound, pronounced as "s-oo-p" with a short o sound.
The word "should" has a short OO vowel sound as in the word "good." It is normally made by OO as in book, foot, wool, and hoof. Other OU words include could and would. Some U words include bush, pull, put, and pudding Single O words are woman and wolf.
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
No, it is an OU/OW sound as in "how" (a diphthong pair that combines the sounds ah-oo). Most -out words have this sound, such as bout, lout, and tout.
The OU vowel pair in could is a short OO vowel sound as in the word "good." It is normally made by OO as in book, foot, wool, and hoof. Other OU words include should and would. Some U words include bush, pull, put, and pudding Single O words are woman and wolf.
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 OO pair is a digraph. It could only be considered a diphthong when it is "short." The long OO is a single sound like other long vowels. The pair can also rarely have the sound of a short U (blood). The long sound is the OO sound (cool, moon, boot) and the same as some words with a long U (dune, flute, rule) that have no yoo sound. The short OO is an oo-ah sound as in book, good, and foot, also made by O in wolf and by OU in could and should.
No. The OU in the word "you" has a long U (long OO, long YOO) vowel sound.
No. The OU pair in "you" has the long OO (long U) vowel sound. This OU pair has the same sound in joule, group, soup, and ghoul. It just happens to have a consonant Y sound that is heard in (long yoo) words such as cue, cute, feud, fuel, mew, and pupil.
The word "should" has a short OO vowel sound as in the word "good." It is normally made by OO as in book, foot, wool, and hoof. Other OU words include could and would. Some U words include bush, pull, put, and pudding Single O words are woman and wolf.
The OU in rough has a short U sound (uh), as in the rhyming words tough, enough, bluff, and stuff. The short U sound can also be made by A as in what O as in love and of OO as in flood and blood
The words lose, prove, and move (and words based on them) have the long OO sound.
The word "soup" has a short vowel sound, pronounced as "s-oo-p" with a short o sound.
The OU in shout has the OU/OW vowel sound, as in the rhyming words out, clout, snout, and rout. Words with the sound include words that rhyme with: OU words - cloud, foul, sound, count, thou OW words - how, cowl, clown, crowd