Know How to Read and Spell Phonemes: oo

A phoneme is a unit of sound. The short 'oo' phoneme sounds like this:

The short 'oo' phoneme isn't always spelt with the letters 'oo'. It is often spelt with 'u'.

bull

It can sometimes be spelt with 'o', as in wolf and woman, and even 'oul' as in could, would and should.

Note

If you live in some parts of Britain you may say some of these words with the long 'oo' phoneme and not the short 'oo' phoneme.

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