Vowel / uː /
'u' cute, pupil, rude, bush, blue, bullet, bull, use, Luke
'oo' fool, food, boot, mood, loose, moon, pool, too
'o' lose, move, who, womb, to, two
/ uː / is pronounced in most English words ending in EW. And when they do, they are usually preceded by consonant / j /. Examples include:
i. ewe / juː / [This word is pronounced exactly the same way you will pronounce 'you']
ii. pew / pjuː /
iii. phew / fjuː /
iv. few / fjuː /
v. dew / djuː /
vi. view / vjuː /
vii. knew / njuː /
viii. music / mjuːzɪk /
ix. cute / kjuːt /
x. new / njuː /
xi. flute / fljuː /
xii. cue / kuː /
xiii. crew / kruː /
xiv. clue / kluː /
xv. mew / mjuː /
Some other words where / uː / is pronounced include chew, flu, flew, tune, juice, drew, hew, brew.
***Of course / uː / is not pronounced in the word, sew [SO] and the past particle form, sewn [SOWN].
Practice Exercise
From the words lettered A to D, choose the word that contains the sound represented by the given phonetic symbol.
1. / uː /
A. doe
B. wood
C. flood
D. shoes
2. / uː /
A. sew
B. ewe
C. wee
D. sewn
3. / uː /
A. build
B. being
C. cause
D. food
4. / uː /
A. could
B. pull
C. beauty
D. church
5. / uː /
A. judge
B. cup
C. dew
D. loud
Vowel / ʊ /
'u' put, pull, full, sugar, bush
'oo' good, foot, cook, wood, wool, look, wolf
oul' should, could, would
Practice Exercise
From the words lettered A to D, choose the word that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the underlined letter(s).
1. cook
A. fool
B. foot
C. fruit
D. drool
2. should
A. push
B. would
C. cousin
D. gush
3. book
A. pool
B. brush
C. food
D. push
From the words lettered A to D, choose the word that contains the sound represented by the given phonetic symbol.
4. / ʊ /
A. loose
B. turf
C. wolf
D. who
5. / ʊ /
A. blue
B. would
C. house
D. fume
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