What sound does EW and UE make?

What sound does EW and UE make?

yoo sound
The children should know that ue, ew and u-e make the yoo sound (statue) but sometimes they also make the oo sound (blue). The children should be confident reading words with ue and ew graphemes (argue, few). They should practice reading words with the split diagraph u_e (cube, tube).

What are some UE words?

ague.

blue.

clue.

cued.

cues.

duel.

dues.

duet.

What words have the sound EW?

Study the word list: ew words

dew	There is dew on the grass in the morning.
pew	A pew is a bench in a church.
stew	The campers ate beef and mushroom stew.
view	There is a view of the sea from my balcony.
interview	June has an interview for a new job.

How do you teach EW and UE?

A really good way to help children to understand which UE/EW to use requires a basic understanding of syllables as beats in a word. Words ending with an EW tend to be one syllable words like chew, flew, stew, crew, grew, drew, screw, and new. Words with a UE ending instead of an EW, tend to be words with two syllables.

How many sounds does EW have?

2 sounds
The alphabet letter combination ew makes 2 sounds.

What goes with EW?

Words That Contain EW

• dew.
• eew.
• ewe.
• few.
• hew.
• mew.
• new.
• pew.

Is EW a phoneme?

This reinforces children’s understanding of how to spell words which contain the phoneme ‘ew’ and also teaches them how to recognise the real words. A colourful phonics exercise, this resource will improve your pupils’ reading and language skills.

What are 5-letter words that end with EW?

5-letter words that end in ew

• threw.
• renew.
• screw.
• askew.
• shrew.
• sinew.
• strew.
• bedew.

What words start with EW?

5-letter words that start with ew

• ewers.
• ewell.
• ewery.
• ewage.
• ewart.
• ewing.
• ewijk.
• ewloe.

Is UE a grapheme?

The ‘ue’ grapheme mat includes wonderfully drawn illustrations, to correspond with each word, and will remind the children of their meaning. The focus words include ‘queue’, ‘blue’, ‘glue’, ’tissue’, ‘statue’, ‘argue’, ‘venue’, ‘clue’, ‘value’, ‘true’, ‘issue’, ‘cue’, ‘due’ and ‘rescue’.

What words have silent UE?

Study the word list: ue words

cue	In the game of snooker, you hit the ball with a cue.
rescue	The rescue helicopter pulled him from the sea.
revue	There were some new songs in the revue.
subdue	The audience was silent and she had to subdue her instinct to scream when the ghost appeared.

What word starts with EW?

What Words end with UE?

ague.

blue.

clue.

flue.

glue.

grue.

moue.

roue.