How many ways do we pronounce written single o?
The sound /ow/ begins with /o/ and
ends with the mouth in the shape of a /w/.
First, remember that 1 written o = /a/.
But, add another written letter = /ow/.
cop /kap/ … cope /kowp/
hop /hap/ … hold /howld/
rob /rab/ … road /rowd/
shop /ʃap/ … show /ʃow/
Is your mouth in the shape of a /w/ at the end of /ow/?
There are 4 basic spelling-sound
patterns for written o = /ow/.
toe
/tow/
Pattern #1: o + 1 consonant + e = /ow/
owe … robe … globe … probe … strobe … code … rode
broke … joke … smoke … spoke … stroke … woke … yoke
hole … whole … mole … pole … sole … stole
home … gnome … Rome … cone … drone … lone
phone … scone … stone … throne … tone … zone
cope … hope … pope … rope … slope
chose … close … hose … nose … pose
rose … those … doze … froze
dote … mote … note … quote … rote … wrote … vote
Is your mouth in the shape of a /w/ at the end of /ow/?
old
/owld/
Pattern #2: ol = /ow/
bold … cold … fold … gold … hold … mold … sold … told
bolt … colt … molt … volt
boll … knoll … poll … roll … scroll … stroll … toll … troll
folk … yolk
(silent l)
Is your mouth in the shape of a /w/ at the end of /ow/?
oak
/owk/
Pattern #3: oa = /ow/
load … road … toad
croak … soak
coal … foal … goal
roam … groan … loan … moan
boat … float … gloat … goat
moat … oat … throat
boast … coast … roast … toast
Is your mouth in the shape of a /w/ at the end of /ow/?
snow
/snow/
Pattern #4: ow = /ow/
bow … blow … crow … flow … glow … grow
know … low … mow … row … show
slow … sow … stow … throw … tow
blown … flown … grown
known … shown … sown … thrown
Is your mouth in the shape of a /w/ at the end of /ow/?
So…is your mouth in the shape of a
/w/ at the end of /ow/?
