Short u words

Grade 1 · Day 41 · Alpha-Phonics Lesson 27 · p.41 · 26.9 min · student sheet
tongue herevoice ON/ʌ/short u · central-mid vowel
/ʌ/ · short u

Our new sound: /ʌ/   written short u

Mouth relaxed and half open. Do nothing with your lips at all — no smile, no rounding. Tongue flat in the middle — /u/, as in 'cup'.

Check yourself: This is the LAZIEST sound in English. If your face is doing anything, you are trying too hard.

Read these · 40 words

cub
bud
bug
cull
bun
dub
dud
dug
dull
fun
hub
hug
gull
gun
pub
Jug
hull
pun
rub
lug
run
sub
full
sun
tub
rug
pull
tug
up
us
cup
bus
but
lux
buzz
pup
Gus
cut
fuzz
hut

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