U
When people have
trouble pronouncing the U sound, it is usually because they are mixing it up
with OO. The U sound is “tense.” That means the muscles of your mouth are not
relaxed. It tends to be longer than the
OO, too.
Instructions to
make this sound: Are your lips rounded?
Are the muscles of your mouth tense?
Common problems: Using
an OO sound so “pool” sounds like “pull.”
Common spellings:
EU as in “sleuth,” EW as in “grew,” O as in “into,” OE as in “canoe,” OO as in
“food,” OU as in “group,” OUGH as in “through,” U as in “duty,” UE as in “sue,”
UI as in “suit”
fool a stupid
fool
pool into the
pool
to to
improve the soup
knew knew the
crew
through flew through
the clouds
We had cool weather
and a smooth cruise in June.
Move to a good neighborhood with good schools.