ue says /u/ or /oo/
Read this word aloud: blue.
Blue
Read this word aloud: dollar.
Dollar
Read this word aloud: my.
My
Read this word aloud: tub.
Tub
Read this word aloud: out.
Out
What sound does UE make in the word cue?
/ū/ (long U, like "you")
What sound does AR make in the word collar?
/er/
What sound does Y make at the end of happy?
/ē/ (long E)
What sound does U make in the word rule?
/oo/
What sound does OU make in the word cloud?
/ou/
Which word has UE saying /oo/: blue or cue?
Blue
Which word has AR saying /er/: car or sugar?
Sugar
Which word has Y saying /ī/: cry or baby?
Cry
Which word has U saying /ŭ/ (short U): sun or rude?
Sun
Which word has EW saying /oo/: chew or few?
Chew
Spell the word that means something is not false.
True
Spell the word that means a person who asks others for money.
Beggar
Spell the word that means the opposite of dirty and ends with Y saying /ē/.
Tidy
Read these words and identify the U sound: music and flute.
Music: /yoo/ (long U). Flute: /oo/
Spell the word that means a small number of things and has EW saying /ū/.
Few
Complete the sentence with a UE word: "The actor waited for his _____ before walking onstage."
Cue
Read these three words and identify which ones have AR saying /er/: star, dollar, regular.
Dollar and regular
Read these four words and sort them by the sound of Y: fly, funny, sky, puppy
/ī/: fly, sky. /ē/: funny, puppy
Sort these words by their U sound: rude, cup, human, truth, drum, music.
/oo/: rude, truth. /ŭ/: cup, drum. /yoo/: human, music
Read and sort these six words by their vowel sounds: shout, grew, few, round, chew, new.
/ou/: shout, round. /oo/: grew, chew. /yoo/: few, new (in dialects that distinguish these sounds)