Л.Н. Гумилев атындағы ЕҰУ Хабаршысы

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•  Rare spelling for [yu:]: beauty.

•  The combination OO (and, to a lesser extent, by the letter U). It’s advisable to keep a comparison 

list of such words. In some cases, there are two variants of pronunciation: room – [ru:m] / [rum]; roof – 

[ru:f] / [ruf]; hoop – [hu:p] / [hup]; soot – [sut] / [su:t].

•  Combination OU: could, should, would.

Spelling patterns for the neutral sound:

•  Letter combination OU: rough, tough, country, cousin, couple, double, trouble, touch, flourish, 

nourish, young, famous, dangerous.

•  Letter combination OO: blood, flood.