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Pronunciation of Vowel Sound /ʊ/ with Examples (+Video and Quiz)

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Vowel sound /ʊ/ is pronounced like ‘U’ or that middle sound in the word “book”.

It has a short and sharp pronunciation, unlike its longer version — VOWEL /uː/ SOUND.

Vowel Sound /ʊ/

Some examples of words with vowel sound /ʊ/

📒 Most times when the letters (-u-, -oo-) in a word gives an ‘U’ sound, it is often this short vowel /ʊ/ sound.

-oo-good
cook
stood
-u-put
bush
sugar
-oul-could
would
should
-o-wolf
woman

Practice questions on vowel sound /ʊ/

VOWEL SOUND ʊ

1 / 18

Choose the word that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the letter underlined.

  • put

2 / 18

Choose the word that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the letters underlined.

  • nook

3 / 18

Choose the word that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the letter underlined.

  • put

4 / 18

Choose the word that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the letters underlined.

  • should

5 / 18

Choose the word that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the letters underlined.

  • good

6 / 18

Choose the word that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the letters underlined.

  • book

7 / 18

Choose the word that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the letters underlined.

  • look

8 / 18

Choose the word that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the letters underlined.

  • should

9 / 18

Choose the word that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the letter underlined.

  • pull

10 / 18

Choose the word that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the letter underlined.

  • bull

11 / 18

Choose the word that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the letter underlined.

  • bullet

12 / 18

Choose the word that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the letters underlined.

  • good

13 / 18

Choose the word that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the letters underlined.

  • could

14 / 18

Choose the word that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the letters underlined.

  • cook

15 / 18

Choose the word that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the letter underlined.

  • bull

16 / 18

Choose the word that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the letter underlined.

  • woman

17 / 18

Choose the word that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the letters underlined.

  • cook

18 / 18

Choose the word that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the letters underlined.

  • could

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