Vowel sounds / / and / :/

Vowel sound / / as in clock /kl k/

Its a short vowel. Examples:

clock, got, on, holiday, fox, job, wash Practice: Put these socks on the box.

Find the minimal pair:

/ / / / Hat.................... Cat.................... Pat.................... Sack.................. Tap.................... Backs................

Find the minimal pair according to the drawing:

Vowel sound / :/ as in horse / h :rs/

/ :/ is a long sound. Examples:

born, board, war, four, caught, door, ball, law,

author, fought, forks, sports, cord, Paul, walk, always, or, awful, airport, report, George, towards, audience...
Orthoepics: or, oar, ar, our, au, ou, al, aw

Practice this sentence:

Paul bought a new fall coat in August.

Answer key: match the words on the left to the definitions on the right:
I-k/e/l/g/a/j/c/b/i/d//h/f II a. taught / b. law / c. pork / d. bought / e. floor / f. talk / g. bored / h. surfboard