Eva Easton's American English Pronunciation

American English Pronunciation

GH Words: /f, g, p/

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Written “gh” has no sound of its own.
It’s never pronounced as it’s written, i.e. /gh/.
Sometimes written ‘gh’ is even pronounced /f, g, p/.

And now it’s your turn.
Here’s your audio pronunciation quiz.
Quiz #1:  Spelling /f, g, p/

1. The road wasn't smooth; it was _________.
2. I work hard; I don't _________.
3. Caspar is the name of a friendly _________.
4. Who doesn't like to eat _________!
5. Kabul is the capital of _________.
6. When you have a cold, sometimes you also have a _________.
7. Farm animals drink from a water _________.
8. What goes great with a hamburger?  a _________ pickle.
9. That books costs $10 but I only have $8.  That's not_________.
10. She saw something horrible.  She was _________.
11. When something is funny, you usually _________.
12. Why are you blowing into a paper bag?  I have the _________ .

Quiz #2:  Vocabulary

1. The steak was overcooked and _________.
2. A farm has a watering _________ and a feeding _________ for its animals.
3. I've just started writing a research paper.   My _________ draft isn't very good, so I really need to do a lot more work.
4. The questions on that test were really _________.  I knew only three of them.
5. When we say that someone is "_________ around the edges," that means a person isn't as refined as we think that person should be.
6. She was as _________ as nails.
7. He has a persistent _________, as well as a fever.
8. The lowest point of an economic cycle is called a _________.
9. There's an old saying:  "When the going gets _________ , the _________ get going."  That means when things are difficult, we have to work even harder.
10. We traveled for miles and miles over _________ dirt roads.

Related Lessons:

  1. gh words
  2. gh words:  secret 7 verbs
  3. gh words: silent
  4. gh words:  f…g…p
  5. gh words:  dough – doughnut
  6. gh words:  rough – tough – enough – slough off
  7. gh words:  cough – trough – ought to – wrought
  8. gh words: bough – bow
  9. gh words: homophones
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