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Pronunciation of Vowel Sound /uː/ with Examples (+Video and Quiz)

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Vowel sound /uː/ is pronounced like ‘UUU’ or that final sound in the word “who”.

It has a long and relaxed pronunciation, unlike its shorter version — VOWEL /ʊ/ SOUND.

Vowel Sound /uː/

Some examples of words with vowel /uː/ sound

📒 Most times when the letters (-ew, -ue, -ou) in a word gives an ‘U’ sound, it is often this long vowel /uː/ sound.

-ewfew
stew
knew
-ueblue
queue
continue
-oo-food
room
school
-ou-you
route
through
-ui-suit
juice
recruit
u-euse
rude
flute
-o-do
lose
prove
-oe-shoe
canoe
manoeuvre

Practice questions on vowel sound /uː/

VOWEL SOUND uː

1 / 29

Choose the word that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the letters underlined.

  • cruise

2 / 29

Choose the word that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the letters underlined.

  • boot

3 / 29

Choose the word that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the letters underlined.

  • beauty

4 / 29

Choose the word that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the letters underlined.

  • shoe

5 / 29

Choose the word that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the letters underlined.

  • canoe

6 / 29

Choose the word that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the letter underlined.

  • womb

7 / 29

Choose the word that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the letters underlined.

  • canoe

8 / 29

Choose the word that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the letter underlined.

  • who

9 / 29

Choose the word that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the letter underlined.

  • crude

10 / 29

Choose the word that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the letter underlined.

  • rude

11 / 29

Choose the word that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the letters underlined.

  • cool

12 / 29

Choose the word that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the letters underlined.

  • grew

13 / 29

Choose the word that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the letter underlined.

  • crude

14 / 29

Choose the word that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the letters underlined.

  • pool

15 / 29

Choose the word that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the letters underlined.

  • woo

16 / 29

Choose the word that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the letter underlined.

  • rude

17 / 29

Choose the word that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the letters underlined.

  • coup

18 / 29

Choose the word that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the letters underlined.

  • pool

19 / 29

Choose the word that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the letters underlined.

  • ooze

20 / 29

Choose the word that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the letters underlined.

  • mood

21 / 29

Choose the word that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the letters underlined.

  • fool

22 / 29

Choose the word that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the letter underlined.

  • lose

23 / 29

Choose the word that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the letters underlined.

  • queue

24 / 29

Choose the word that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the letters underlined.

  • troupe

25 / 29

Choose the word that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the letters underlined.

  • mood

26 / 29

Choose the word that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the letters underlined.

  • view

27 / 29

Choose the word that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the letters underlined.

  • shoe

28 / 29

Choose the word that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the letter underlined.

  • rule

29 / 29

Choose the word that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the letters underlined.

  • stew

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