3 The Letter “o”

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Letter

Combinations

Sound(s)

Examples

Important Exceptions

1

-OA-

-OAR-

[ou]

[ɔ:]

[ɔ:]

soap [ ], roast [ ]

broad [ ]

board [ ]

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2

-OI/OY-

[ɔi]

noise [ ], oyster [ ]

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3

-OO- +k

+ other

letters

-OOR-

[u]

[u:]

[ɔ:]

look [ ]

wood [ ], wool [ ]

door [ ], floor [ ]

good [gud], room [rum],

stood [stud]

blood [blʌd], flood [flʌd]

poor [puə]

4

-OU-

-OUR-

[au]

[ou]

[u:]

[ʌ]

[auə]

South [ ] , county [ ]

poultry [ ] , soul [ ]

group [ ] , route [ ]

cousin [ ] , country [ ]

sour [ ]

Southern ['sʌðən]

Запомните разницу:

wound [waund] (past of “to wind”) – завёл (напр. часы);

a/to wound [wu:nd] – рана, ранить

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Letter

Combinations

Sound(s)

Examples

Important Exceptions

1

o + m

+ n

+ th

+ v

+ z

[ʌ]

company [ ]

won [ ]

mother [ ]

oven [ ]

dozen [ ]

comedy [' kɔmədi]

gone [gɔn], shone [ʃɔn]

over ['ouvə]

2

o +bl

+ ld

+ ll

+ st

[ou]

noble [ ]

cold [ ]

roll [ ]

host [ ]

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3

-ow-

[au]

[ou]

allow [ ] , drown [ ]

owe [ ], crow [ ]

Запомните разницу:

a/to bow [bau] – поклон, кланяться

a bow [bow] – галстук-бабочка

4

-ower-

[auə]

power [ ], tower [ ]

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5

w + or

[wə:]

worse [ ], worth [ ],

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