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GH Words: rough, tough, enough, slough

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We have 4 words in English with written ough  = /ʌ/ + silent gh + /f/

a.  rough  /rʌf/
b.  tough  /tʌf/
c.  enough  /ɪ-ˈnʌf/
d.  slough  /slʌf/


rough
/rʌf/

Tree bark is not smooth; it’s rough.

tough
/tʌf/

He has a tough job.

enough
/ɪ-ˈnʌf/

I hope there is enough for everyone.

sloughs off
/slʌf-ˈsɔf/

When our skin sloughs off, we put cream on it.

slough off
/slʌ-ˈfəf/

My boss and my wife don’t like it when I slough off.

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Vocabulary Quiz
1. 

She was as _________ as nails.

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. 

We traveled for miles and miles over _________ dirt roads.

5. 

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

6. 

The steak was overcooked and _________.

7. 

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

8. 

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

9. 

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

10. 

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

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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