Long OO words
Here are some free printable resources for long OO words in the English language for teaching both kids and ESL learners. You can use these materials in many different ways to help make your lessons more interesting.
To start, let’s have a quick look at both the long and short OO sounds so that you can notice the difference in their pronunciation. Of course, the long OO sound is much more drawn out and the short OO sound is……shorter!
Try saying these words to see the difference –
Long OO – room, balloon, moon, and spoon.
Short OO – cook, hook, wool, and hoof
It should be noted that on this page only long OO words with the phonetic symbol of /uː/ have been used. The words here are also all spelled with OO. The /uː/ sound can also be made with OU spelling but this is not what we are looking at.
Furthermore, there are words with long OO that don’t have a /uː/ sound. Examples of these include the words floor, door, boor, and poor. These use the /ɔ/ sound for most native English speakers and again have not been included here.
Long OO words list
Here is a long OO word list that you can use to create your own activities. You can either download the PDF at the top of this page or just copy and paste the words below that you want to use.
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baboon
balloon
bamboo
bedroom
bloom
blooper
boo
boom
boon
boost
boot
booth
brooch
brood
broom
cartoon
choose
cockatoo
cocoon
coo
cool
coop
croon
cuckoo
doodle
doom
droop
food
fool
gloom
goo
goon
goop
goose
groom
groove
harpoon
hoodoo
hoop
hooray
hoot
hooves
igloo
kaboom
kangaroo
kazoo
kook
lagoon
loo
loon
loop
loose
monsoon
moo
mooch
mood
moon
moose
noodle
noon
noose
ooze
poodle
pool
proof
raccoon
razoo
roof
saloon
scoop
shampoo
shoo
shoot
snooker
snooze
soon
spook
spool
spoon
stool
stoop
swoop
tattoo
too
tool
toot
tooth
troop
typhoon
voodoo
vroom
wahoo
wazoo
woo
woozy
yahoo
zoo
zoom
Long OO words with pictures
Next, we have 32 free printable flashcards of long OO words with pictures. These can be used to play games and teach not only pronunciation but spelling as well!
You can use these cards to play matching games by printing 2 sets or by cutting the words from the bottom of the pictures.
They can also be used for a spelling bee to help students how to spell these words. Another idea is to use them as prompts to create sentences. How many of these words can your students put in a singular correct sentence or story?
The long OO words featured on these flashcards are –
Sheet 1 – baboon, balloon, bamboo, broom, cartoon, cockatoo, food, and goo.
Sheet 2 – goose, hoop, hoot, igloo, kangaroo, lagoon, moo, and moon.
Sheet 3 – moose, noon, poodle, pool, raccoon, roof, rooster, and root.
Sheet 4 – scoop, shampoo, spoon, stool, tattoo, tool, tooth, and zoo.
Related activities
If you are looking for more free teaching materials that use the same sound, check out the long U words with pictures. Here you will find similar sound words with different kinds of spelling.
For more pronunciation fun try the OO tongue twisters which use both the long and short OO sounds.
