These u_e phonic words have a long sound. Words like accuse, excuse, etc. are all examples of the long u_e sound. It is basically when there is a consonant between a ‘u’ and an ‘e’ in a word.
The split digraph u_e words are quite commonly used in our daily conversation and writing.
Long U_E Words for Kids
So, here are some example of long u_e phonics words for elementary grade students.
| Cube | Cute | Mute | Tube |
| Flute | Excuse | Fume | Assume |
| Abuse | Accuse | Tune | Amuse |
| Use | Misuse | Fuse | Resume |
| Reuse | Mule | Pure | Perfume |
Examples of Sentences Using U_E Words
Let’s have a look at examples of simple sentences using long u_e words for primary grade students.
| Words | Sentences |
| Cube | You’ll become fat if you eat too many cheese cubes, |
| Cute | A lion is cute, but only when it is a cub. |
| Mute | I pressed the mute button on the TV remote. |
| Excuse | I was looking for an excuse not to believe them. |
| Fume | Jake is allergic to smoke fumes, but Ryan is not. |
| Pure | Rajesh does not eat meat, so we went to a pure-veg hotel |
| Amuse | We took the kids to the circus yesterday and they were amused. |
| Resume | I am going to resume my studies after a short break. |
| Perfume | I didn’t know that this perfume has such a strong scent. |
| Mule | Although taming them was tough, I bought 4 wild mules. |
| Tube | She paid a fine because she broke a test tube in the lab. |
| Fuse | The fuse blew because its capacity was overloaded. |
| Tune | We all danced to famous tunes last night. |
| Misuse | Never misuse your time because it will cost you in the future. |
| Assume | I didn’t go to class today because I assumed that its a holiday. |
| Flute | Leonard loves playing the flute very much. |
| Reuse | The 3 R’s of the environment are Reuse, Reduce, and Recycle. |
Summing up
So, these were some examples of the use of these words in sentences. We hope this really helps the reader in learning phonics.
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