The sounds of in "hoot" and "hood"

We make the sound in "hoot" (/u/) with our really rounded. Sing "ooh, baby, baby" or pretend you are going to kiss someone.

Here is a picture of
someone making this sound.
See how round her lips are.

See here that when she says "hood", her lips are more relaxed.

Now let's listen to some sounds!

"hoot" sounds:

• who'd
  
• pool
  
• Luke
  

"hood" sounds:

• hood
  
• pull
  
• look