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Unit 13: Spelling the sound /oo/

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Unit 13: Spelling choices for /oo/ sound: oo and ou

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Spelling the sound /oo/: u-e, ue, ew

Think back - help with spelling rules The letters u-e, ue and ew can be used to spell the long /u/ sound as we saw in Unit 7:

Learning English spelling of words with oo sound Learning English spelling of words with oo sound Learning English spelling of words with oo sound
u-e as in cube ue as in statue ew as in mew

Teaching point The same letters can sometimes create the long oo sound:

Learning English spelling of words with oo sound Learning English spelling of words with oo sound Learning English spelling of words with oo sound
u-e as in ruler ue as in blue ew as in screw
rude
crude
prude
Luke
fluke
rule
June
July
prune
lute*
brute
chute*
flute
jute 		delude
elude
salute
exclude
include
seclude
absolute
parachute
clue
glue
true		 blew*
brew
chew
crew
drew
flew*
grew
Jew
shrew
threw*
Andrew
jewel
jewellery
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