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Unit 17: ough and augh words

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Unit 17: ough and augh words

Unit StartCourse Test: Different sounds for ough. Spelling test.Page 2: Different sounds for ough. Spelling test.Course Test: More ough words. Spelling test: rhymesPage 4: More ough words. Spelling test: rhymesPage 5: ought and aught wordsCourse Test: Spelling test: ought and aughtPage 7: Spelling test: ought and aughtPage 8: Spelling test: ought and aughtUnit End

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Unit 17 - Spelling ough and augh words

Teaching point - learning to spell The letter patterns ough and augh spell several different sounds. You will have come across some in previous units but here deal with them all in one place.

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Some of the sounds made by the letters ough are:

Help spelling English augh and ough word Help spelling English augh and ough word Help spelling English augh and ough word Help spelling English augh and ough word Help spelling English augh and ough word
/ō/ as in snow /oo/ as in blue /ow/ as in cow /uff/ as in cuff /off/ as in blastoff
dough
although		 through bough
plough -
(U.S. plow)
slough -
(swamp)		 rough
tough
enough
slough -
(cast off)		 cough
trough
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