Let’s look at today’s phonetic symbol / ʊ /
It’s a short ‘oo’ sound, made with rounded lips.
Reproduced from EnglishClub
The sound / ʊ / is found in words such as good, should, could, would and pudding. Try typing these into a website such as WordReference.com and listen to how they sound. What other words contain this sound?
Please note this is not the same sound as the one found in words such as shoot, food, to, too, two and rude, which is a longer ‘ooo’ sound! We’ll be looking at this sound tomorrow, which is written as / u: /, and most importantly comparing and practising the two different sounds.
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