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GH Words: /f, g, p/

Sunday, June 23, 2019 by Eva Easton 2 Comments

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. https://www.evaeaston.com/wp-content/uploads/gh-f-rough.mp3The road wasn't smooth; it was _________.
2. https://www.evaeaston.com/wp-content/uploads/gh-f-slough-off.mp3I work hard; I don't _________.
3. https://www.evaeaston.com/wp-content/uploads/gh-f-caspar.mp3Caspar is the name of a friendly _________.
4. https://www.evaeaston.com/wp-content/uploads/gh-f-spaghetti.mp3Who doesn't like to eat _________!
5. https://www.evaeaston.com/wp-content/uploads/gh-f-kabul.mp3Kabul is the capital of _________.
6. https://www.evaeaston.com/wp-content/uploads/gh-f-cough.mp3When you have a cold, sometimes you also have a _________.
7. https://www.evaeaston.com/wp-content/uploads/gh-f-trough.mp3Farm animals drink from a water _________.
8. https://www.evaeaston.com/wp-content/uploads/gh-f-gherkin.mp3What goes great with a hamburger?  a _________ pickle.
9. https://www.evaeaston.com/wp-content/uploads/gh-f-enough.mp3That books costs $10 but I only have $8.  That's not_________.
10. https://www.evaeaston.com/wp-content/uploads/gh-f-aghast.mp3She saw something horrible.  She was _________.
11. https://www.evaeaston.com/wp-content/uploads/gh-silent-laugh.mp3When something is funny, you usually _________.
12. https://www.evaeaston.com/wp-content/uploads/gh-f-hiccoughs.mp3Why are you blowing into a paper bag?  I have the _________ .

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Quiz #2:  Vocabulary

1. https://www.evaeaston.com/wp-content/uploads/gh-steak-overcooked.mp3 The steak was overcooked and _________.
2. https://www.evaeaston.com/wp-content/uploads/gh-water-trough.mp3 A farm has a watering _________ and a feeding _________ for its animals.
3. https://www.evaeaston.com/wp-content/uploads/gh-rough-draft.mp3 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. https://www.evaeaston.com/wp-content/uploads/gh-questions-on-test.mp3 The questions on that test were really _________.  I knew only three of them.
5. https://www.evaeaston.com/wp-content/uploads/gh-rough-around-edges.mp3 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. https://www.evaeaston.com/wp-content/uploads/gh-tough-as-nails.mp3 She was as _________ as nails.
7. https://www.evaeaston.com/wp-content/uploads/gh-cough-fever.mp3 He has a persistent _________, as well as a fever.
8. https://www.evaeaston.com/wp-content/uploads/gh-economic-trough.mp3 The lowest point of an economic cycle is called a _________.
9. https://www.evaeaston.com/wp-content/uploads/gh-tough-get-going.mp3 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. https://www.evaeaston.com/wp-content/uploads/gh-rough-dirt-road.mp3 We traveled for miles and miles over _________ dirt roads.

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Time is Up!


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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  1. Suraj says

    Tuesday, October 1, 2019 at 7:15 pm

    really helpful, thanks.

    Reply
  2. Eva Easton says

    Tuesday, October 1, 2019 at 7:34 pm

    Thank you, Suraj.

    I’m glad you find my work useful.

    Eva

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