What Is The Short U Sound

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What Is The Short U Sound. The word rhymes with buddy. Now, what is the concept behind them?

Short Vowel Activities
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Cut, cup, hut, but, nut. Besides long vowel sounds, short vowel sounds, and the schwa sound, there are some other special sounds in english that are represented by vowels. The short u sound is what you hear in words like bus or hum. here are some other great examples of words with the short u sound.

I forgot to tell you that the short u sound also occurs in some doble o (oo) words, but rarely, for example

Thank goodness for spellzone during this remote learning phase. Kids will understand the difference between a short u and long u vowel. So how do you know when the vowel o makes an oh sound or an awe there's no need to introduce the long oh sound at this point, and it's also not necessary to tell your child that awe is the short o vowel sound. It has one of each.