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Unit 7, Part 2: Spelling the long vowel sounds

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Unit 7: Short vowels, Part 2: i, o and u

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Spelling the long vowel sound /ū/: u-e, ue, ew

 /ū/ as in unicorn. help spelling words with sound u

Teaching point How to spell the long /ū/ sound:

Sometimes, we just need the letter u, for example:

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human music student unit uniform union

Sometimes, we add another letter, for example:
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u-e as in cube. ue as in statue. ew as in 'mew'.
We use the split digraph u-e to make the u say its name. We add ue. We use ew.

Some examples:

cube
tube
nude
huge
Duke
mule
fume
dune
tune
use
fuse
cute
mute
cure
pure
capsule
assume
consume
costume
perfume
resume
fortune
abuse
amuse

Some examples:

accuse
confuse
excuse
obtuse
refuse
endure
closure
manure
mature
secure
rebuke
refuge
deluge
module
granule
acute
minute
prosecute
execute
institute
attitude

... and many more

Some examples:

cue*
due*
hue
sue
argue
ensue
issue
pursue
queue*
rescue
revue
subdue
tissue
value
barbecue

Some examples:

dew*
few
new*
knew*
pew
stew
nephew

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ewe* (sheep)

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Notes:
1) Words marked * are homophones. See page 26.
2) In some words u-e, ue and ew make the sound /oo/ as in boot.
These words are in Unit 13.

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