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VOWELS V: /u:/ - /ʊ/: A) Characteristics: A. Short or Long? B. Front, Back or Central? C. Close, Mid or Open?

This document provides information about the vowels /u:/ and /ʊ/ in English: 1) It describes the characteristics of /u:/ as long, back, and close. /ʊ/ is described as short, back, and mid. 2) The spelling patterns for each vowel are outlined, including exceptions like "Worcester". 3) A practice section provides a list of words for students to transcribe phonetically using /u:/ and /ʊ/.

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VOWELS V: /u:/ - /ʊ/: A) Characteristics: A. Short or Long? B. Front, Back or Central? C. Close, Mid or Open?

This document provides information about the vowels /u:/ and /ʊ/ in English: 1) It describes the characteristics of /u:/ as long, back, and close. /ʊ/ is described as short, back, and mid. 2) The spelling patterns for each vowel are outlined, including exceptions like "Worcester". 3) A practice section provides a list of words for students to transcribe phonetically using /u:/ and /ʊ/.

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Prof.

JORGE BRAGA RIERA


Handout 5

VOWELS V: /u:/ — /ʊ/

A) Characteristics:
a. Short or long? _________________
b. Front, back or central? _________________
c. Close, mid or open? _________________

B) Spelling:
/ʊ/

u: put, full, sugar


o: woman, bosom
oo: good, book, wood, stood
ou: could, should, would

EXCEPTIONS: Worcester

/u:/

oo: food, soon, moon


o: do, who, move, lose
ou: group, soup
u: rude, huge, tune
ew, eu, ue, ui, oe: chew, neutral, blue, fruit, Jew

Minimal pairs:
full — fool

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C) PRACTICE. NOW TRANSCRIBE THE FOLLOWING WORDS:


1. cushion
2. butcher
3. push
4. wolf
5. cook
6. shoe
7. prove
8. spoon
9. tomb
10. through
11. youth
12. too
13. mule
14. puke
15. blue
16. June
17. chew
18. juice
19. school
20. scoop
21. choose
22. took

[Further practice: Lesson 28 of Sounds English]

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EXTRA ACTIVITY
/u:/ UNDERLINE the strong stresses (source: Ship or Sheep, unit 11):

The two rudest students in the school
MlSS LUKE: Good afternoon, girls.
GIRLS: Good afternoon, Miss Luke.
MISS LUKE: This afternoon we're going to learn how to cook soup.
Turn on your computers and look at unit twenty-two.
 LUCY: Excuse me, Miss Luke.
MISS LUKE: Yes, Lucy?
LUCY: There's some chewing gum on your shoe.
MISS LUKE: Who threw their chewing gum on the floor? Was it you, Lucy?
LUCY: No, Miss Luke. It was Susan.
 MISS LUKE: Who?
LUCY: Susan Duke.
SUSAN: It wasn't me, stupid. It was Julie.
JULIE: It was you!
SUSAN: It wasn't me! My mouth's full of chewing gum. Look, Miss Luke!
JULIE: Stop pulling my hair, Susan. It was you!
SUSAN: YOU!
JULIE: YOU!
MISS LUKE: Excuse me! If you two continue with this rudeness, you can stay after scho
ol instead of going to the pool.

/ʊ/ (source: Ship or Sheep, unit 10 –adapted–):

MR COOK: Could you tell me where you’ve put my book?


MRS COOK: Isn’t it on the bookshelf?
MR COOK: No, the shelf is full of your cookery books.
MRS COOK: Then you should look in the bedroom, shouldn’t you?
MR COOK: I’ve looked. I am going to put all my books in a box and lock it!
MRS COOK: Look! It’s on the floor next to your foot!
MR COOK: Ah, good!
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