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Vowel Sound /ʊ/

Saturday, October 19, 2019 by Eva Easton 4 Comments

Vowel sounds are made inside the mouth and are voiced.
You vibrate your vocal cords to make the sound.

In this lesson, we answer a question.
Where do you find vowel sound /ʊ/?


And now it’s your turn.
Which word has vowel sound /ʊ/?

1. 

https://www.evaeaston.com/wp-content/uploads/u-book-bushes.mp3The birds flew into the bushes.

2. 

https://www.evaeaston.com/wp-content/uploads/u-book-worcester.mp3On the way to Worcester, Massachusetts, I drove through a park.

3. 

https://www.evaeaston.com/wp-content/uploads/u-book-look.mp3 Look. Look. Look at the balloon in the air.

4. 

https://www.evaeaston.com/wp-content/uploads/u-book-put.mp3I normally put two teaspoons of sugar in my coffee but today I only put one.

5. 

https://www.evaeaston.com/wp-content/uploads/u-book-good.mp3This food is especially good.

6. 

https://www.evaeaston.com/wp-content/uploads/u-book-woman.mp3Who is that woman?

7. 

https://www.evaeaston.com/wp-content/uploads/u-book-foot.mp3Astronaut Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon in 1969.

8. 

https://www.evaeaston.com/wp-content/uploads/u-book-book.mp3I'm looking for a used textbook, not a new one.

9. 

https://www.evaeaston.com/wp-content/uploads/u-book-cook.mp3I'm going to cook soup for dinner today.

10. 

https://www.evaeaston.com/wp-content/uploads/u-book-could.mp3I could be there by noon, or 12:30 at the latest.

11. 

https://www.evaeaston.com/wp-content/uploads/u-book-cookies.mp3Your Christmas cookies are always super.

12. 

https://www.evaeaston.com/wp-content/uploads/u-book-whose.mp3Whose book is this?

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Related Lessons:

  • double oo = /ʊ/
  • written o = /ʊ/
  • book
  • could – should – would
  • woman-women
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