Improve your British English Pronunciation: Vowel in Woman / ʊ /

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Letter Combinations for / ʊ /
The pure vowel sound / ʊ / can be formed by these letter combinations:
U, OO, O, OU, OR, and OE
Minimal Pairs
There are very few minimal pairs in English which involve the / ʊ / sound and which can confuse learners. The most notable ones are
full / fʊl / and fool / fuːl /
looker / ˈlʊkər / and lucre / ˈluːkə /
pull / pʊl / and pool / puːl /
soot / sʊt / and suit / suːt /
/ ʊ / and / ʌ /
There are a few minimal pairs that use the / ʊ / and the / ʌ / vowels that are worth mentioning.
book / bʊk / and buck / bʌk /
could / kʊd / and cud / kʌd /
look / lʊk / and luck / lʌk /
rook / rʊk / and ruck / rʌk /
stood / stʊd / and stud / stʌd /
took / tʊk / and tuck / tʌk /
/ ʊ / and / əʊ /
There are a few minimal pairs that use the / ʊ / and the / əʊ / vowels that are worth mentioning.
brook / brʊk / and broke / brəʊk /
cook / kʊk / and coke / kəʊk /
cooks / kʊks / and coax / kəʊks /
could / kʊd / and code / kəʊd /
crook / krʊk / and croak / krəʊk /
full / fʊl / and foal / fəʊl /
good / ɡʊd / and goad / ɡəʊd /
hooks / hʊks / and hoax / həʊks /
pull / pʊl / and pole / pəʊl /
should / ʃʊd / and showed / ʃəʊd /
stood / stʊd / and stowed / stəʊd /
/ ʊ / and / aʊ /
There are a three minimal pairs that use the / ʊ / and the / aʊ / vowels that are worth mentioning.
could / kʊd / and cowed / kaʊd /
full / fʊl / and foul / faʊl /
put / pʊt / and pout / paʊt /
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