Objective: Learning the long U sound and finding out the words troubling you

Note: Most dictionaries don't consider that the long U sound is an independent sound. Instead, they consider it as a combination sound of the Y sound and long OO sound.

1. Please read the tip on the long U sound.
2. Remember the long U sound is the letter a with a bar above as 5 and have the same sound as that of the letter U itself.
3. Click here to see all the patterns for the long U sound or right click the list box to choose patterns.
4. Use our auto-play feature and other useful features to help you practice the words.

Using the video clips to guide you to learn how to pronounce the long U sound.

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