THE SPELLINGS OF /Ʊ/
Further practice
The spellings of /ʊ/
wolf
/ wʊlf /
wools
/ wʊlz /
butcher
/ ˈbʊtʃə /
worsted
/ ˈwʊstɪd /
sugar
/ˈʃʊɡə/
pudding
/ˈpʊdɪŋ/
Roumania
/ rʊˈmeɪnɪə /
neighbourhood
/ ˈneɪbəhʊd /
Please, put the cookery books on the bookshelf in the dining-room, would you?
/ pli:z ˈpʊt ðə ˈkʊkəri ˌbʊks ɒn ðə ˈbʊkʃelf ɪn ðə ˈdaɪnɪŋ ˌru:m wʊd ˈju:/
The woman from Worcester suffered from bosom, cancer.
/ ðə ˈwʊmən frəm ˈwʊstə ˈsʌfəd frəm ˌbʊzəm ˈkænsə/
Hugh first stood looking at the books, and then pulled the covers of Puss in Boots, threw them to the brook and told the truth, whithout beating about the bush.
/ ˈhju: ˈfɜ:st ˈstʊd ˈlʊkɪŋ ət ðə ˈbʊks ənd ˈðen ˈpʊld ðə ˈkʌvəz əv ˈpʊs ɪn ˈbu:ts ˈθru: ðəm tə ðə ˈbrʊk ənd ˈtəʊld ðə ˈtru:θ wɪðˈaʊt ˈbi:tɪŋ əˈbaʊt ðə ˈbʊʃ/
Esau Wood saw a wood saw, saw wood, as no wood saw would saw wood.
/ ˈɪsɔ: ˈwʊd ˈsɔ: ə ˌwʊd ˈsɔ: ˈsɔ: ˈwʊd əz ˈnəʊ ˌwʊd ˈsɔ: wʊd ˈsɔ: ˈwʊd/