Phoneme /U/

Phoneme /U/

The lips are relaxed and slightly parted.

• The vowel [U] doesn't exist in Spanish and may be difficult for you to hear and produce.

• The jaw is slightly lower than for [u:] and the tongue is high, but lower than for [u:].

• The phoneme [U] is a short, quick sound; your lips should barely move while saying it.

• The less frequent spellings patterns for [U] is the letters "u", "oo", "ou", "o".

Examples        cook    /cUk/

                       could    /cUld/

                       sugar    /sUgar/

HINTS

The letters "oo" followed by "d" or "k" are usually pronounced [U]. Examples: hood, good, book.

The letter "u" followed by "sh" is usually pronounced [U]. Examples: bush, push, cushion.





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Phoneme [U]

Find the words in the Alphabet soup.

BOOK
BULLET
COOK
LOOK
PUDDING
PUT
SHOULD
SUGAR
WOMAN
WOULD