Universidad San Buenaventura
Cali, Colombia
www.usbcali.edu.co
 

Centro de Idiomas
English IV, Phonetics for PreSchool Program

Professor Georgia Costalas: [email protected]
 USBCAMPUS


Phonetics, Lesson 3
High back Vowel Sounds
/u:/ /U/
                                               
Anatomy of the sounds /u:/ and /U/




To say the /u:/ and /U/sounds
  • the jaw is raised
  • the vocal cords are pulled back and vibrate
  • the lips are rounded and protruded
  • for /u:/, the tongue is back and high.
  • for /U/, the tongue is back and mid high
 backvowels



Practice for /u:/ and /U/

Spelling of /u:/   Spelling of /U/

Practice words with /u:/  Practice words with /U/

Listening Practice

Tongue Twister with /u:/ and /U/

To hear all the vowels pronounced correctly see the University of Iowa's webpage,
Phonetics, the sounds of spoken language:
 http://www.uiowa.edu/~acadtech/phonetics/#
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/u:/ is spelled 5 ways
oo ue
 u
 ew
 o
school
 blue
 tune
 new
 prove
moon
 clue
 June
 few
 who


/U/is spelled 3 ways
oo
 ou
 u
book
 should
 put
foot
 would
 full

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Practice words with /u:/
Listen here  Bell
 
too
who
food
room
rule
knew
flew


Practice words with /U/ 

Listen here Bell

look
could
stood
took
hood
push

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BellListen to the sentences, which vowel is used in the missing spaces?
n Check answers below

1. L—ke went to the lake to l—k at birds.
n2. P–ll  the man out of the p—l.
n 3. I need a b—k about a B—ick.
n4. She t—k time to clean her r—m.
n5. The actor c—ks with k—ks.

Tongue Twister
Luke booed the fool whose foot was in the food.
















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Check your listening of /u:/ and /U/
n L /u:/ ke went to the lake to l /U/ k at birds.
nP /U/ ll  the man out of the p /u:/ l.
n I need a b /U/ k about a B /u:/ ick.
nShe t /U/ k time to clean her r /u:/ m.
nThe actor c /U/ ks with k /u:/ ks.

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