Written o = /ow/ – part 1

 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

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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)

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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

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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

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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/?

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practice
“choose…chose“
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