Lesson 8 / 22
/ʊə/ — /əʊ/
Listen to each sound, compare mouth positions, and practise from words to sentences.
British IPA notation: /ʊə/ · /əʊ/American audio: tour /tʊr/ · go /ɡoʊ/
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/ʊr/
tour /tʊr/
Mouth and tongue position
Start like /ʊ/ then curl the tongue into the 'r', lips staying rounded.
Word practice
tour
Sentence practice
The tour starts today.
Mouth-position video (British) — BBC Learning English
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/oʊ/
go /ɡoʊ/
Mouth and tongue position
Start with lips loosely rounded on /o/ then glide toward /ʊ/, rounding more.
Word practice
go
Sentence practice
Go home now.
Mouth-position video (British) — BBC Learning English
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