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HIGH-BACK AND CENTRAL VOWELS
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Section 1 ‘oo’ - /
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Section 2 ‘u’ - /
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a). boo coo moo too woo taboo bamboo kangaroo zoo shampoo cuckoo
bu ku mu tu wu tbu bæmbu kæru zu æmpu kku
b). mood food school pool spool tool room broom moon soon noon
mud fud skul pul spul tul rum brum mun sun nun
croon balloon saloon cartoon proof roof shoot boot hoot loot moot
krun blun slun ktun pruf ruf ut but hut lut mut
hoop loop goose loose
hup lup us lus
a). flute illusion plume rude brutal crucial juvenile ludicrous rune
flut lu n plum rud brutl krul d uvnal ludkrs run
revolution salute brutal crude frugal June
revlun slut brutl krud frul d un
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Section 3 ‘u’- /
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Section 4 ‘ou’- /
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Section 5 ‘o’- /
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Section 6 ‘eu’ /j
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Section 7 ‘ew’- /
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cube cute fuse nude tube refuse (
v.
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kjub kjut fjuz njud tjub rfjuz kjut przjum stjupd kjubk
dubious fugitive mutiny mutual abusive numerous
djubs fjud tv mjutni mjutl bjusv njumrs
soup wound (
hurt
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sup wund ju& rubl buke kustk ju
a). who do to ado
hu du tu du
b). tomb womb move remove prove reprove lose whose whom
tum wum muv rmuv pruv rpruv luz huz hum
a). neutral feudal deuce eunuch pneumonia
njutrl fjudl djus junk njumn
b). blue true glue clue rescue rue cue due pursue continue argue
blu tru lu klu reskju ru kju dju psju kntnju ju
avenue
ævnju
a). shrewd blew brew crew chew eschew
rud blu bru kru tu stu
b). view interview stew knew new skew few dew hew sinew
vju ntvju stju nju nju skju blu dju hju snju
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Section 8 ‘ui’- /
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Section 9 Exceptions / rare spellings / difficult words
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Section 10 ‘u’ - /
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Section 11 ‘oo’ - /
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queue spook cooed wooed shoed
kju spuk kud wud ud
bull bullet bullion bulletin bully bulfinch bulrush butcher full pull fully
bl blt bln bltn bli blfnt blr' bt fl pl fli
pulpit put push pushy pussy bush bushy
fruit suit juice cruise bruise recruit
frut sut d us kruz bruz rkrut
a). book brook cook hook shook look outlook nook rook forsook crook
bk brk kk hk k lk atlk nk rk fsk krk
crooked took
b). good hood childhood boyhood stood foot soot wool woolen gooseberry
wood wooden
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Section 12 Exceptions / rare spellings / difficult words
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Section 13 CONTRAST /
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Luke
look
pool
pull
fool
full
shoed
should
cooed
could
wooed
would
Section 14 SENTENCES /
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Sue’s new cookery book.
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My soup spoon.
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Butcher’s wooden shoe.
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Luke’s food’s good.
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Don’t pull me into the pool, you stupid fool!
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Push or pull?
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He would have wooed her if he could..
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A woman and a wolf in the woods.
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This woolen suit looks sooty.
10.
That’s where the statue of Robin Hood stood.
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Rudy shouldn’t be so rude, but Judy could be ruder.
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Shoot him in the foot.
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Susan’s roots are unknown.
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That screw seems loose, Lucy.
wolf wolves bosom woman sugar should could would
wlf wlvz bzm wmn
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Section 15 ‘er’ - /
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Section 16 ‘ur’ - /
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Section 17 ‘ir’ - /
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berth term prefer her merge germ herb kernel servant maternal terse
b& tn prf h md d m hb knl svnt mtnl ts
commercial conservative fern confer refer infer inferno fertile
blur bur burden burglar burn curb curse further curdle hurt churn
bl b bdn bl bn kb ks f( kdl ht tn
lurk lurch murder nurse purse purple spur turf curl unfurl absurd
urge urn furnace occur occurring concur concurring fur furry
stir bird dirt flirt girl first firm third girdle squirt circle virgin circle
st bd dt flt l fst fm
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Section 18 ‘ear’ - /
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Section 19 ‘or’ - /
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Section 20 ‘our’ - /
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Section 21 Exceptions / rare spellings / difficult words
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Section 22 CONTRAST /
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eeee
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gem
germ
death
dearth
kennel
kernel
fen
fern
Tess
terse
‘N’
earn
Ben
burn
‘L’
earl
feather
further
wed
word
Ness
nurse
weld
world
ferry
furry
Jenny
journey
bed
Bird
Ken
kern
debt
dirt
best
burst
ten
turn
well
whirl
head
heard
spend
spurned
whirr myrrh burr purr were weren’t err myrtle colonel
w m b p w wnt mtl knl
dearth yearn hearse learn pearl earn earnest earth earl search
d& jn hs ln pl
word world work worm worse worth worthy worship worker attorney
wd wld wk wm ws
scourge journal courteous journey courtesy
skd d nl kts d ni ktsi
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Section 23 CONTRAST /
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turf
tough
hurt
hut
shirt
shut
burn
bun
fern
fun
search
such
lurk
luck
burst
bust
herb
hub
bird
bud
girl
gull
turn
ton
murky
mucky
dirk
duck
Kurd
cud
curdle
cuddle
hurl
hull
Section 24 CONTRAST /
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e
æ
germ
gem
jam
heard
head
had
bird
bed
bad
turn
ten
tan
burned
bend
band
learned
lend
land
fern
fen
fan
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‘N’
Ann
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pet
pat
Section 25
PASSAGE.
With that the hobbit turned and scuttled inside his round green door, and shut
it as quickly as he dared, not to seem rude. Wizards after all are wizards. What
on earth did I ask him to tea for! He said to him-self, as he went to the pantry.
He had only just had breakfast, but he thought a cake or two and a drink of
something would do him good after his fright. Gandalf in the meantime was
still standing outside the door, and laughing long but quietly. After a while he
stepped up, and with the spike of his staff scratched a queer sign on the
hobbit's beautiful green front-door. Then he strode away, just about the time
when Bilbo was finishing his second cake and beginning to think that he had
escape adventures very well. (…)Yesterday he had been too flustered to do
anything of the kind. Just before tea-time there came a tremendous ring on the
front-door bell, and then he remembered!