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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
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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.

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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 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

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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

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germ

gem

jam

heard

head

had

bird

bed

bad

turn

ten

tan

burned

bend

band

learned

lend

land

fern

fen

fan

urn

‘N’

Ann

pert

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!