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.
Words that have the same vowel sound as "moon" include: soon, spoon, balloon, cartoon. These words all contain the same long "oo" vowel sound as in "moon," which is represented by the phonetic symbol /uː/. The vowel sound in these words is a diphthong, which means it is a combination of two vowel sounds within the same syllable.
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)
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.
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.
Some examples include "could," "should," and "would."
The UI pair has a long OO sound. The "yoo" sound is heard in words such as cute and fuel.
Some examples of words containing "ough" that sound like "oo" include "bought," "brought," and "thought." These words have different pronunciations despite having the same letter combination in them.
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The word "swoon" has the same "oo" sound as the word "moon."
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
Yes. The OO pair has a long OO sound as in schooner. Rhyming words are cool and pool.
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.
O sound words : door, floor, and in some dialects poor(US homophone is pour, not pore).
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)