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Words With Diphthongs Ow and Ou
Words With Diphthongs Ow and Ou
cow
bow
how
now
wow
plow
owl
fowl
howl
dowel
towel
vowel
growl
our
hour
flour
loud
proud
out
pout
about
scout
shout
snout
sprout
route
brown
crown
clown
frown
down
gown
town
mouth
south
count
ouch
pouch
couch
tower
power
flower
shower
mountain
thousand
When the consonant r after the vowel a, it changes the sound of the vowel as in ark.
soil
broil
spoil
joint
point
voice
choice
hoist
moist
noise
boy
joy
toy
coin
join
poison
enjoy
destroy
loyal
royalty
When the consonant r comes after the vowel o, it changes the sound of the vowel as
in for. The or sound is marked like this: crn.
fort
port
short
sport
forty
core
more
sore
tore
score
snore
store
horse
storm
porch
torch
born
corn
horn
thorn
north
acorn
corner
organ
uniform
A vowel digraph has two vowels that make one sound. The digraph oo makes the
sound of oo as in zoo.
moose
noodle
poodle
too
moon
moon
soon
spoon
roost
rooster
tool
fool
pool
spool
stool
school
boot
root
zoo
shoot
roof
proof
booth
tooth
smooth
food
balloon
igloo
raccoon
snooze
A vowel digraph has two vowels that make one sound. The digraph oo makes the
sound of oo as in look.
brook
crook
shook
cookie
booklet
brooklet
good
hood
stood
wood
woody
wooden
wool
woolen
foot
soot
unhook
lookout
wolf
wolves
put
bush
push
cushion
bull
full
pull
could
would
should
When the consonant r comes after the vowel e, it changes the sound of the vowel as
in herd. The er sound is a combination of the schwa () and r sounds.
sister
cracker
hammer
pitcher
rocker
water
zipper
fir
sir
stir
giraffe
circle
circus
bird
third
girl
firm
squirrel
dirt
shirt
skirt
first
birthday
thirteen
thirty
fur
curb
church
injure
sure
curl
burn
turn
turkey
purple
hurry
nurse
purse
burst
hurt
curtain
turtle
heard
pearl
early
earn
learn
earth
word
work
world
worm
worry
worship
worth
The vowel o makes different sounds and one of them is the sound of as in dg.
moth
belong
strong
wrong
ball
call
fall
hall
mall
tall
wall
claw
small
stall
talk
walk
stalk
salt
malt
law
paw
saw
draw
straw
thaw
dawn
fawn
lawn
yawn
brawn
drawn
hawk
brawl
crawl
shawl
sprawl
faucet
awning
awful
auto
because
caught
daughter
naughty
taught
fault
ought
brought
fought
brought
thought
autumn
haughty
laundry
cough (f)
You have learned the sound of r as in arm. These letters also make the sound
ofare as in squre.
9. Modified re words
bare
care
dare
hare
rare
ware
blare
flare
share
carry
marry
air
fair
hair
pair
stair
chair
bear
pear
tear
wear
berry
ferry
merry
cherry
their
where
there
carrot
parrot
aware
barrel
dairy
errand
error
square
The letter c usually has the sound of s when it is followed by the vowels e, i, or y. This
is called the soft sound of c. Likewise, the soft sound of the letter g makes the jsound
when it is followed by e, i, or y.
juice
glance
necklace
badge
hedge
dice
lice
mice
nice
rice
vice
slice
spice
price
twice
base
face
lace
pace
race
brace
place
space
trace
chance
city
cymbals
ounce
bounce
pounce
fence
pencil
prince
lettuce
celery
circle
circus
age
cage
gage
page
rage
sage
stage
wage
large
barge
charge
gem
ridge
bridge
gum
gypsy
Egypt
wedge
pledge
engine
giraffe
hinge
danger
giant
orange
range
change
manger
A vowel digraph has two vowels that makes one sound. The digraph ea makes the
sound of e as in head.
11. Words with the vowel digraph ea which has the short vowel e sound
dead
head
lead
read
ready
bread
dread
spread
stead
steady
instead
tread
thread
deaf
breakfast
health
wealth
cleanser
meant
weapons
peasant
pleasant
pleasure
sweat
threat
breath
death
feather
heather
leather
sweater
weather
headache
treasure
measure
meadow