UH Sound
ʊ (put, foot)

English Pronunciation, Lesson 05

The UH sound (IPA symbol: ʊ) can be found in words such as: 
put, full, sugar, foot, good, should.

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Watch the following video from Rachel to learn how to pronounce this sound correctly:

(Note: in the video the term "soft palate" will be mentioned.
Soft palate means "the soft part at the back of the top of the mouth".)



Have you watched it? Good! Let's practice...

Say these words out loud (UH sound is bold):

1) put

2) full

3) pull

4) sugar

5) bush

6) book

7) cook

8) foot

9) good

10) look

11) could

12) should

13) would

14) cookie

15) wool

16) bull

17) cookbook

18) push


Now say these sentences out loud (UH sound is bold):

1) Put the book on your foot.

2) I want to read the full book.

3) He will pull the bull.

4) To cook with sugar is not healthy.

5) He could push his car.

7) He would eat a cookie if he could.

8) You should look at this cookbook.

9) They said they would buy some wool.

10) The bull pushed the bush.

Have you finished them all? Cool!

Well done! You have completed the UH sound lesson.

Let's move on...

Your next lesson: Lesson 06, OO Sound (moon, blue)

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