Let's work our pronunciation with some Poetry... Do you want to try?

It’s very strange, but did you know

Shoe will never rhyme with toe?

And foot will never sound like boot

Boot’s like suit and flute and fruit;

Foot’s like put and feet’s like seat;

Great’s like eight but not like eat;

Work is not pronounced like fork.

Fork’s like walk and also talk.

Why is beard  not like heard?

Why does bird rhyme with word?

This is what I’ve sometimes found:

Spelling’s often not like sound.

ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION IN USE (Intermediate)

Cambridge (Mark Hancock)

Shoe will never rhyme with toe????