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/or/ as in fork |  |
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There are many ways of spelling the sound /or/. This first page looks at the most common ways: or ore au and aw |
There are no rules to tell you which sound to use, but there are some
helpful hints:
1. Never use au at the end of a word; use ore or aw,
e.g. shore, jaw.
2. aw is often used before n and l e.g. dawn,
crawl.
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| or as in fork | ore as in shore | au as in sauce | aw as in jaw |
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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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Take a test in these /or/ words |
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