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.
Words that have the same vowel sound as "could" include words like "should," "would," "good," and "hood." These words all contain the "ʊ" vowel sound, which is a rounded, mid-central vowel sound. In phonetics, this sound is represented by the symbol /ʊ/.
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
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.
Words that have the same vowel sound as "could" include words like "should," "would," "good," and "hood." These words all contain the "ʊ" vowel sound, which is a rounded, mid-central vowel sound. In phonetics, this sound is represented by the symbol /ʊ/.
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 "oo" sound can also be spelled as "ou" (example: "soup"), "ew" (example: "stew"), or "ui" (example: "cruise").
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.
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 words lose, prove, and move (and words based on them) have the long OO sound.
No. The OU has a long OO (long U) sound as in coo and too. (yoo)
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.