REVISED INTRO
*PRONUNCIATION HIGHLIGHT: the two-part vowel sound /ɑʊ/.
Note: The /ɑʊ/ sound is never spelled with the letters 'au'.
(For key words spelled with AU, tune in tomorrow!)
*I'll add 'a' or 'an' before countable nouns and a 'to' before the verbs. Practice your schwa in as part of
the unstressed word.
Remember in the words 'to' and 'a', the vowel sounds produced are the same, with the unstressed /ə/
sound that we call the Schwa.
**BUT when 'to' is before a word that starts with a vowel sound, it's pronounced clearly - 'to applaud'
vs. 'to clap your hands'
*PRONUNCIATION HIGHLIGHT: the two-part vowel sound /ɑʊ/.
Note: The /ɑʊ/ sound is never spelled with the letters 'au'.
(For key words spelled with AU, tune in tomorrow!)
/ɑʊ/ spelled OU:
bough - (also bow v.)
She swung on her swing on a low bough.
a drought - an extended period with no rain.
a blouse
a cloud (n.)
clout
a couch
to count (v.)
*foul
found (irregular past simple of 'find')
grouchy
ground
a hound
a house
to joust
loud
a lounge
to mount
a mouth
ouch!
a pouch
a pound; to pound
to pout
proud
round
to shout
a sound
south
a spouse
a spout
stout
thou
a trout
to vouch
plough (also plow)
/ɑʊ/ spelled OW
brow
brown
chow
a clown
a crowd
a crown
to drown
fowl/foul
to frown
a gown
to growl
to howl
an owl
to prowl
a vow
to allow
to browse
a coward
a cowboy
to disavow
drowsy
to kowtow to smb
meow!
a nightgown
a powder
a towel
a tower
vowels
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