Lesson 2: The / uː/ Sound as in "beauty"

Long Vowel / uː /

Speech organs Position

JAW is almost closed , lips pushed forward tightly into almost a whistle shape ,
at the same time the back of the tongue rises up towards the soft palate at
the back of the mouth



Words

Look at the mouth diagram to help you position your lips, tongue and jaw for the target sound

Highlighted bold letters pronounced as [ /uː/ ]

oo -bloom , food , smooth , loop , school , doom

o - lose ,move ,do , who ,improvement ,remove

ue , oe - blue ,glue ,shoes

ui -- fruit , juice ,cruise

u -- tune ,tube ,music ,curious ,tulips

ew - new ,few , mews



sentences

Listen and repeat.Read each sentences aloud slowly at first, then as if you were telling it to someone in a natural way.


1. Ruth felt in tune with the cool of a June evening and admired the beauty of the moon

2. There are quite a few music super-stars on the London tube.

3. The new blue shoes look beautiful with a navy blue coat.

4.On our cruise to Bermuda we played snooker with our schooner crew

5. Coolies are made from juicy fruits and sugar

6.The music tutor sang a tune on Tuesday for the duke .

7. A few beautiful tulips grew in the school garden in July.


Verses


I'd a swallow-tail coat of beautiful blue-

A brief which i bought off a booby

A couple of shirts and a collar or two,

And a ring that looked like a ruby!


We sail the ocean blue,

and our saucy ship's a beauty:

we are sober men and true,

and attentive to our beauty.