Eva Easton's American English Pronunciation

American English Pronunciation

Vowels

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. 

Farm animals drink from a water _________.

2. 

Who doesn't like to eat _________!

3. 

When something is funny, you usually _________.

4. 

I work hard; I don't _________.

5. 

Kabul is the capital of _________.

6. 

The road wasn't smooth; it was _________.

7. 

When you have a cold, sometimes you also have a _________.

8. 

What goes great with a hamburger? a _________ pickle.

9. 

That book costs 10 dollars but I have only 8 dollars. That's not_________.

10. 

Caspar is the name of a friendly _________.

11. 

She saw something horrible. She was _________.

12. 

Why are you blowing into a paper bag? I have the _________ .

Quiz #2:  Vocabulary

1. 

I've just started writing a research paper. My _________ draft isn't very good, so I really need to do a lot more work.

2. 

A farm has a watering _________ and a feeding _________ for its animals.

3. 

He has a persistent _________, as well as a fever.

4. 

We traveled for miles and miles over _________ dirt roads.

5. 

The steak was overcooked and _________.

6. 

The lowest point of an economic cycle is called a _________.

7. 

She was as _________ as nails.

8. 

There's an old saying: "When the going gets _________ , the _________ get going." That means when things are difficult, we have to work even harder.

9. 

The questions on that test were really _________. I knew only three of them.

10. 

When we say that someone is "_________ around the edges," that means a person isn't as refined as we think that person should be.

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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