There are 4 ways we pronounce written double oo:
- /uw/ most common
- /ʊ/ small number of words
- /ʌ/
- /ɔ-ɚ/
- practice/uw, ʊ, ʌ, ɔ–ɚ/
Now it’s time to practice.
Here is a list of words with double oo.
Which words are pronounced /uw/?
Which words are pronounced /ʊ/?
Which words are pronounced /ʌ/?
Which words are pronounced /ˈɔ–ɚ/?
door … roof … book … brook … shoot
snooze … cook … crook … foot … good
too … blood … broom … noon … flood … tooth
soon … hood … look … shook … stood … shampoo
tattoo … choose … cool … boot … loose … cookie … wool
took … floor … wood … food … school … mood … room … zoo
Check the groups below to see if you are right.
/uw/
school … cool … room … broom … noon … soon
food … mood … roof … boot … shoot … tooth
too … zoo … choose … snooze … loose
shampoo … tattoo
/ʊ/
book … brook … cook … cookie
crook … look … shook … took
good … hood … stood … wood
foot … wool
/ʌ/
only 2 words
blood … flood
/ˈɔ–ɚ/
only 2 words
door … floor
