ʊ vs u Drill

/ʊ/ vs /u/ Drill

This page contains the following:

A vowel chart showing the difference in tongue position for the two vowels
A recording comparing the two sounds in real English words (press the "download" button to save it offline).
The list of the English words in the recording (in order).

If I directed you to this page, be sure to spend to listen to this recording and mimic it as many times as you can and wait 24 hours before you re-submit. The more you listen and rest, the more you will be able to tune this vowel.

Visual Comparison

Word Comparison List

/ʊ/

good
wood
should
hood
took
look
cook
shook
nook
book
soot
put
foot

/u/

glued
wooed
shooed
hoot
toot
Luke
kook
shoot
nuke
boot
suit
poop
flute

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