Pronunciation of "u"

Ex. 1 Put the following words into categories depending on the pronunciation of the letter "u", sometimes including adjacent letters.

full, pull, cute, put, beautiful, dune, duty, careful, lute, minute (adjective), tearful, sugar, mute, cut, wonderful, nude, rebuke, rune, duck, tune, rude, luck, mutton and spuds, business, unable, minute (noun), unseen

1. /ʊ/ 2. /uː/ 3. /juː/ 4. /ʌ/ 5. /ə/ 6. /ɪ/

Ex. 2 How do we pronounce the letters "-ure" in the following words?

leisure, pure, obscure, measure, sure, endure, pleasure, lure, seizure,


Key
1. /ʊ/ full, pull, put, sugar 2. /uː/ lute, rude, rune 3. /juː/ cute, dune, duty, minute (adj), mute, nude, rebuke, tune 4. /ʌ/ cut, duck, luck, mutton and spuds, unable, unseen 5. /ə/ beautiful, careful, tearful, wonderful 6. /ɪ/ business, minute (n)

2. leisure, measure, pleasure, seizure /ə/, pure, obscure, endure, lure /jɔː/ (conservative /jʊə/), sure /ɔː/ (conservative /ʊə/)