The vowel sounds in zoo and book, spooky and flood.

Wadjasay? American English Pronunciation Practice

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Listen and repeat. Please do NOT read and repeat. The spelling won't help. Use your ears and your brain.

1. I saw a balloon in a cartoon.

2. It was cool in the swimming pool.

3. The table top was very smooth.

4. The kook lived in an igloo.

5. There was a lagoon at the zoo.

6. Which booze did you choose?

7. He climbed the roof and stood aloof.

8. At school he liked to play the fool.

9. Soon he will snooze in his booth at the fair.

10. The room was dark and gloomy.

11. She stood for a while and read her book.

12. I heard a dog woof in the dark.

13. Boogie woogie is a style of piano playing.

14. He’s a good man with good ideas.

15. The chimney was full of black soot.

16. We brought in some firewood.

17. I dropped a rock on my foot. Ouch!

18. I have a new hoodie with a purple hood.

19. Let’s look in the new cookbook.

20. You look bushed.

21. This coffee is full of sugar.

22. We took off after our friends on foot.

23. I stood outside for an hour.

24. It does no good to say “shoulda, coulda, woulda.”

25. A goat’s foot has a hoof. The plural is hooves.

26. We live in a spooky neighborhood.

27. I put off my doctor’s appointment.

28. If it keeps raining, the river could flood.

29. He fell out of the tree but shook off the pain and ran into the woods.

30. The accountant said he would cook the books for us.

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