VOWEL /U/ AND /U:/

DESCRIBING THE   SOUND

This is a short back vowel pronounced with rounded lips. To pronounce it, the back of the tongue is raised towards the roof of the mouth.

OO	U	OU	O
COOK	PUSH	BOUQUET	WOMAN
LOOK	PULL	COULD	BOSOM
GOOD	PUT	SHOULD

VOWEL /U:/

It is a long back vowel sound.

SPELLING THE SOUND

Take a look at how the sound occurs in spelling.

OO	O	U	UI	UE	EW
FOOD	LOSE	RULER	SUIT	BLUE	FEW
SPOON	DO	UNITY	JUICE	TRUE	NEW
TOO	TO	SUPER	FRUIT	GLUE	THREW

CONTRAST OF /U/ AND /U:/

/U/                                           /U:/

foot                                          food    

could                                       cooled

full                                           fool

pull                                          pool

hood                                        hewed

wood                                       wooed

EVALUATION:

Choose the correct answer.

1. Woo   a. to  b. third  c. would   d. toe
2. Coup  a. two b. corpse  c. book  d. could 
3. Cook  a.  pool  b. through  c. bush  d. womb
4. /U:/    a. foot   b. full  c. two  d. look
5. /U/     a.  pool   b. food  c. hood  d. you   

ASPECT: COMPREHENSION

TITLE:  The Dancing Palm Tree

EVALUATION: Intensive English Book 1; Exercises 10.2.2  pages 98-99

ASSIGNMENT: Intensive English Book 1;   Exercises 10. 2.3,   10.2.4, and 10.3B; pages 98-102.