Your current location:

Unit 17: ough and augh words

Page 3 of 8

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

Page 3 of 8

Spelling ough and augh words

Teaching point - learning to spell Two ough words are thoroughly difficult. Listen to how they sound:

thorough borough

thorough borough

UK In the U.K the ough makes a weak sound, a bit like a short /u/
(learn more about this in Unit 24).

US In the U.S, the ough in these words may rhyme with the sound at the end of burrow.

Read the first word then find which ough word rhymes.

Type the ough word

how: rough, trough, bough
zoo: enough, through, dough
fluff: tough, thorough, though
grow: plough, cough, although
borough: bough, thorough, dough
off: cough, through, enough
stuff: enough, although, borough
go: trough, dough, rough


Skip this exercise and go to the next part of this unit: ought and aught words. *

* Skip link not available for logged in students.

X
X ⬊ ⬉
Please turn your screen to landscape to play this game.
X

The Spellzone interactive course is intended to be used online and may not be printed.

"Thank goodness for Spellzone during this remote learning phase. The site is easy for students to navigate independently and they're really enjoying the activities and spelling games. You get an awful lot for your money with Spellzone. Really reassuring is the very prompt response with helpdesk queries. I've very rarely needed the helpdesk, but when I have, the issue has been addressed and sorted within a very short time."

Sarah Taggart, Oasis Academy Lord's Hill