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3 READING LESSON NOTES

Sound /ɒ/
Short o
It is short vowel and lips are rounded when saying it. It is as far back and as open
as it can be. (It is not found in American English.)

Words with short o

log pot copy

dot rot lock

shock nob long

clock sob shock

cock body lost

drop bony solve

shop cost resolve

sorry cot salon

holiday cod hop

box bottom common

God boss cotton

mosque loss across

fog bother lodge

hog cobweb dog

hot colon doll

hod top roll

rod mop

Words with w+a= wa

wasp wad swan
wash was what
water wander want
Words with u+a=ua
quality quarantine quadrant
qualify quandary quadruple
quantity quarrel quad
Read the poem below and answer the questions that follow in full sentences.
Ramlah And Her Siblings Across the road.
Ramlah crosses through to the mosque every Friday Sometimes with her siblings
since she is the first born.
Along came a man Riding on a horse. They were surprised! Their eyes onto the
horse Hey! Hey! The driver screamed Almost knocked them! All of them shocked.
They immediately took off Straight to the mosque
And thanked God who prevented them from being knocked.
Questions
1. Where was Ramlah going?..............................................
2. Why do you think Ramlah almost got knocked?..........................
3. Where was Ramlah when the vehicle came?...............................
4. Why do you think the driver screamed at Ramlah and her
siblings?.............................................................................................
5. Write one word or group of words to mean the same as:
a. Siblings……………………………………………………
b . t o o k o f f … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … …
Long o /ↄ:/
Words with long o spelt as or

cord before snore

score sort sordid
store corn gored
more sworn for
horse sore or
sword tore nor
born bore fort
sport bored snore
stork sorghum implore
port fork

Words with long o spelt as aw

law pawn hawk

awkward lawn hawker
saw jaw awesome
pawpaw yawn thaw
yawn drawn awe
award drawl awful
draw pawned

Words with long o spelt as oar

board coarse broad
oar boar
hoarse soar
Words with long o spelt as al
wall talk

stalk fall

tall call
false pall

all bald

ball halt

stall walled

false

Words with long o spelt as au

daughter haunt sausage

august naughty autumn

australia haul audit

naughty sauna audio

caught fauna auger

fault maundy author

caused naught

aunt sauce

Words with long o spelt as ou

bought ought
dough fought
thought brought
sought
Words with long o spelt as our
pour poured
course fourth
court mourn
four
Words with long o spelt as ar
warn swarm
warm dwarf
ward thwart
war
Words with long o spelt as oor
boor
door
floor
poor
moor
Read the passage and answer questions that follow in full sentences.

In August Aurelia decided to go abroad. She went to Australia. She specifically

went to Australia because that’s where she buys good quality cloth for making
coats.

As she was walking along the streets, she met a great author, Shakespeare. She
was extremely excited since she had read many of his books such as “The Mine
Boy,” “Things Fall Apart.”

Aurelia came back to Uganda a happy woman. She bought quite a number of
things including Australian sausages that her daughter had sent for.

Questions

1 . Who is being talked about in the story?

…………………………………………………………………………………..
2. To which country did the above mentioned person go?
…………………………………………………………………………………..
3. Why did she go to that specific country?
…………………………………………………………………………………..
4. Why was Aurelia so excited?
………………………………………………………………………………
5. Whom did Aurelia meet in Australia?
…………………………………………………………………………………..
6. What did Aurelia bring from Australia?
…………………………………………………………………………………..
Look at the puzzle below and find the words of sound/ o/
1 ……………………………………………. 2 ……………………………………………

3 ……………………………………………. 4 ……………………………………………

5 ……………………………………………. 6 ……………………………………………

Unjumble the words below to form correct words.

1. t g h a u c ………………………………………………………………..
2. t h a u t y r i o ……………………………………………………………
3. l l s m a …………………………………………………………………..
4. w e r d r a ………………………………………………………………..
5. r o a d ……………………………………………………………………
6. g h n u t d o u …………………………………………………………..
7. s s c r o a ………………………………………………………………..
8. l l m a …………………………………………………………………….
9. r t h f o u …………………………………………………………………
10. y e r a w l ………………………………………………………………..
Dictation

Words
Australia August automatic authority august lawyer sausage knowledge

Sentences

 The teacher warned us against noise making in class.

 We saw ostriches on our way to the National Park.

 She told us to drop the log in front of the dog.

 The clock goes tick- tack