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There are many ways of spelling the /or/ sound. The most common ways are or, ore, au and aw |
There are no rules but there are some helpful hints:
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or as in fork | ore as in shore | au as in sauce | aw as in jaw |
cord |
If or is at the end of the
word, add e: ore bore* core gore lore* more chore score shore* snore sore* store swore tore* wore* ![]() for* tor* |
haul* maul* Paul daub taut* fraud cause pause* fault vault daunt gaunt haunt jaunt haunch launch paunch staunch |
law* saw* paw* raw claw draw flaw* thaw straw hawk squawk dawn fawn lawn pawn yawn drawl drawn prawn spawn bawl* crawl trawl shawl scrawl |
Note: Words marked * are homophones. Please see page 11 |
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