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‘w’ = short /ʊ/
If you keep /ʊ/ sound very short, /w/ = /ʊ/sound.
/w/ sound is close to /ʊ/ sound. They are very similar.
/wi/ = /ʊi/ /wen/ = /ʊen/ /wɒt/ = /ʊɒt/ /wɪndəʊ/ = /'ʊɪndəʊ/
Spelling
Pronunciation
-bow
/baʊ/
-brown
/braʊn/
-cow
/kaʊ/
-down
/daʊn/
-how
/haʊ/
-now
/naʊ/
-power /'paʊə r /
-row /raʊ w /
-shower /'ʃaʊə r /
-towel
/'taʊəl/
-tower /'taʊə r /
-town
/taʊn/
-vow /vaʊ w /
-vowel
/'vaʊəl/
-blow /bləʊ w /
-elbow /'elbəʊ w /
-grow /grəʊ w /
-know /nəʊ w /
-low /ləʊ w /
-own
/əʊn/
-show /ʃəʊ w /
-slow /sləʊ w /
-snow /snəʊ w /
-throw /θrəʊ w /