Unit 7: Short vowels, Part 2: i, o and u
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/ō/ as in oval. |  |
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How to spell the long /ō/ sound: |
Sometimes we just need the letter o, for example:
| bogus | bonus | focus | hotel | local |
| poem | program | protect | robot | rodent |
| moment | omit | total | yoga | oval |
Some short words have just o on the end:
| go | ago | so | also | Jo | no |
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| o-e as in rose. | oa as in boat. | ow as in snow. | oe as in toe. |
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We use the split digraph o-e to make the o say its name. |
We use oa. |
We use ow. |
We use oe on. |
| Some examples: robe globe code rode* joke smoke stroke hole* whole* stole dome home bone lone* stone hope slope nose* hose those vote quote wrote* drove stove parole compose suppose provoke ozone remote envelope microscope telescope |
Some examples: coach poach load* road* toad* loaf oak soak cloak croak coal goal foal foam groan* loan* soap boast coast roast toast oats coat float goat moat stoat throat cockroach approach encroach reproach |
Some examples: bow low mow row* sow* tow* blow > blown flow* > flown grow > grown* know* > known show > shown slow* snow throw arrow below borrow bungalow elbow fellow follow hollow meadow narrow pillow shadow shallow sorrow swallow tomorrow window yellow |
Some examples: toe* foe hoe floe* roe* sloe* woe oboe |
| Note: Words marked * are homophones. See page 22. | |||
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