Lip-round vowels



The long O sound

How the long O sound looks and how it is made:
The posture of the mouth opens and then ends with the lips close to rounding. The tongue moves from a low-back position (in relation to the roof of the mouth) to a mid high-back position to produce the sound.

Examples:
boat know (1) know (2) know (3) blow (1) blow (2) home (1) home (2) soap (1) soap (2) home (1) home (2) low toe

The long U sound

How the long U sound looks and how it is made:
The mouth moves from a open posture position to a lip rounding position as the sound is made. The jaw does not move.

Examples:
you (1) you (2) you (3) you (4) cartoon groom school pool (1) pool (2) pool (3) tube (1) tube (2) few (1) few (2) few (3) view (1) view (2) view (3) view (4) food (1) food (2) food (3) food (4)

The OO sound

How the OO sound looks and how it is made:
The jaw is open, and the mouth posture is open as well. The tongue is raised to a mid-high position, with the tongue pressing into the upper molars.

Examples:
book (1) book (2) book (3) took (1) took (2) took (3) look (1) look (2) look (3) look (4) should (1) should (2) should (3) full (1) full (2)

Words that show the shapes of long O, long U, and OO:

Initial:
old overcome
use (1) use (2) useless you (1) you (2) you (3) you (4) United Kingdom (1) United Kingdom (2) United Kingdom (3)


Middle:
loaf (1) loaf (2) woke goat
use (1) use (2) fool (1) fool (2) fool (3) January (1) January (2) January (3) January (4) January (5) July (1) July (2) July (3) July (4) July (5) tube (1) tube (2) food (1) food (2) food (3) food (4) volume truth room (1) room (2) room (3) school
took (1) took (2) took (3) Hood (1) hood (2) would (1) would (2)

Final:
go (1) go (2) now know (1) know (2) know (3) though Hello. (1) Hello. (2) hello (3) blow (1) blow (2) low
do who (1) who (2) who (3) new (1) new (2) new (3) few (1) few (2) few (3) you (1) you (2) you (3) you (4) view (1) view (2) view (3) view (4) value preview avenue zoo you (1) you (2) you (3) you (4)


Combined sounds:
Over here. (1) Over here! (2) Good Luck. (1) Good luck! (2)


Phrases that show the shapes of long O, long U, and OO:

Nice to meet you (1)
Nice to meet you! (2)
Nice to meet you! (3)
How are you? (1)
How are you? (2)
How are you? (3)
How are you? (4)
What school did you go to?
Do you know how to cook?
What would you like to do today?



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