Vowels

There are 4 ways we pronounce written double oo:

1. /uw/ most common
2. /ʊ/ small number of words
3. /ʌ/
4. /ɔ-ɚ/
5. practice/uw, ʊ, ʌ, ɔ–ɚ/

 

Now it’s time to practice.

Here is a list of words with double oo.

Which words are pronounced /uw/?
Which words are pronounced /ʊ/?
Which words are pronounced /ʌ/?
Which words are pronounced /ˈɔ–ɚ/?

door … roof … book … brook … shoot

snooze … cook … crook … foot … good

too … blood … broom … noon … flood … tooth

soon … hood … look … shook … stood … shampoo

tattoo … choose … cool … boot … loose … cookie … wool

took … floor … wood … food … school … mood … room … zoo

 

Check the groups below to see if you are right.

/uw/

school … cool … room … broom … noon … soon

food … mood … roof … boot … shoot … tooth

too … zoo … choose … snooze … loose

shampoo … tattoo

/ʊ/

book … brook … cook … cookie

crook … look … shook … took

good … hood … stood … wood

foot … wool

/ʌ/
only 2 words
blood … flood

 

/ˈɔ–ɚ/
only 2 words
door … floor

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