Short oo: 
book / cook / hook / look / took / brook / shook / could / hood /
would (wood) / should / neighborhood / brotherhood / foot / put



Reading: Look at the Good Wood

Dad got some wood.
It was cold outside, and they wanted to have a fire.
When Sally opened the door, Dad stood there with the wood.

"Look at the good wood!" he said.
"There was lots of wood, and I took the good wood."
He was right. The wood was good.
It heated their house.

Dad used a hook to get some fish.
He cooked the fish on the fire.
The good wood kept the fire hot.
The fish was cooked, and it was good.


PRACTICE 1
1. stood > His foot hurt when he stood up.
2. wood > We burn wood in our stove.
3. look > Look in the cookbook for a good dish.
4. hook > Hang your wool scarf on the hook.
5. poor > The poor man hoped to become rich.
6. crook > The crook took my good jewels.
7. hood > I took a look under the car’s hood.
8. brook > A brook runs through the woods.
9. shook > The men stood up and shook hands.
10. foot > It looks like the poor dog cut its foot.
11. book > Luke never understood that math book.
12. hooked > Did Bruce become hooked on drugs?
13. good > Judy took good notes in her notebook.
14. wool > June’s wool coat has a hood.
15. cook > Louis has become a good cook.
16. foot > That pile of wood is one foot high.



Homonyms: would and wood
1. She hoped they __ visit her.
2. __ you come with me?
3. The table is made of __.
4. Throw that __ on the fire.
5. __ you like to quit your job?
6. She said she __ be home soon.
7. We need __ to make paper.



PRACTICE 2
1. pulled > He pushed the big box, and I pulled it.
2. put > She could hardly put the book down.
3. pushed > That woman should not have pushed me.
4. lure > Luke hoped the lure would catch a fish.
5. sure > Are you sure to plant this bush here?
6. bull > He said he would sell only one bull.
7. wolf > Bruce was sure he had seen a wolf.
8. full > The jar is only half full of cookies.
9. woman > The woman put on a beautiful dress.
10. bush > I’m sure Judy Bush could get me a job.
11. sugar > Hardly any sugar cookies were eaten.
12. bushes > The yard is full of beautiful bushes.
13. could > It was so dark he could hardly see.
14. should > We should buy that beautiful picture.
15. cookies > Would you put some sugar on the cookies?
16. pull > Dr. Bush had to pull only one tooth.