Vowels
[ u ] and [ u: ]

I. Read aloud.

[ u ]

• good, stood, hood, childhood, wood;

• took, look, rook, cook, hook, book, nook;
• foot, soot, put;
• wool, full, pull, bull.

[ u: ]

• school, pool, stool, cool, fool, tool;
• moose, loose, goose, noose;
• moon, spoon, soon, noon;
• boom, room, loom, zoom, doom;
• mood, food;
• booth, tooth, sooth;
• root, moot, toot, boot, loot, hoot;
• rooster, booster;
• noodle, doodle;
• voodoo, koodoo;
• loop, hoop;
• group, soup;
• too, two;
• ooze, booze;
• blue, rude.

II. Match the words with the sounds.

III. Write the words.

[ruːf] - ____________

[ru:m] - ___________

[muːs] - ___________

[stuːl]  - ___________

[tuːθ]  - ___________

[buk] - ____________

[pul] - _____________

[gud] - ____________

[wul] - ____________

[huk] - ____________

IV. Compare two sounds. Read aloud.

[ fu:l ] - [ ful ]                                        fool - full        

[ pu:l ] - [ pul ]                                        pool - pull        

[ bu:m ] - [ bul ]                                        boom - bull        

[ ru:m ] - [ grum ]                                room - groom        

[ ru:t ] - [ ruk ]                                        root - rook        

[ lu:z ] - [ luk ]                                        loose - look