Only for some words. The OU in grouch has the OW sound as in couch and pouch.
The letters OUGH can have 4 different sounds:
In dough, it is the long O (oh) as in though and thorough.
In cough, it is the AW sound as in trough.
In rough, it is the short U sound as in tough and slough.
Only in bough (bow) and plough (plow) does it have the same OW sound as grouch.
No. There are four vowel sounds that OUGH can have. Dough (long O) does not have the same one as grouch (ow sound as in couch).
Words that have the same vowel sound as "grouch" include pouch, ouch, slouch, and crouch.
The word bubble does not have the ou (OW) sound, but it does have the short U sound (uh) made by some OUGH words.The words include rough, tough, and enough.
The OU in tough has a short U sound (uh), to give the word the sound "tuff." The same OUGH (uff) sound is in rough and enough.
The word "bold" has the same vowel sound as the words "cold," "fold," "mold," and "sold." These words all contain the same long "o" vowel sound, which is represented by the letter "o" in each word. The vowel sound in these words is known as the open-mid back rounded vowel sound, which is commonly found in English language words.
No. There are four vowel sounds that OUGH can have. Dough (long O) does not have the same one as grouch (ow sound as in couch).
Words that have the same vowel sound as "grouch" include pouch, ouch, slouch, and crouch.
The word bubble does not have the ou (OW) sound, but it does have the short U sound (uh) made by some OUGH words.The words include rough, tough, and enough.
The OU in tough has a short U sound (uh), to give the word the sound "tuff." The same OUGH (uff) sound is in rough and enough.
The word "bold" has the same vowel sound as the words "cold," "fold," "mold," and "sold." These words all contain the same long "o" vowel sound, which is represented by the letter "o" in each word. The vowel sound in these words is known as the open-mid back rounded vowel sound, which is commonly found in English language words.
awe has the same sound b-awe-t
That is correct, hood and look have the same vowel sound.
The word "birdie" has the same vowel sound as "dirty."
No. Hill has a short vowel sound and nice has a long vowel sound.
No. "Speed" and "theme" have the same sound (long E or EE). The words "sped" and "them" have the same sound (short E).
No, "looked" and "balloon" do not have the same vowel sound. The vowel sound in "looked" is /ʊ/, while the vowel sound in "balloon" is /uː/.
The vowel sound in "whale" is the same as the vowel sound in "think." Both words contain the long vowel sound /eɪ/.