260 Go to /ɔː/ Worksheet Go to /əʊ/ Worksheet NORTH /ɔː/ “caught” vs GOAT /əʊ/ “coat” Watch Video Lesson
- When practising sounds: - FEEL (what can you feel your muscles doing?) - HEAR (listen to the audio tracks and use the hand-phone to listen to yourself)
You may come up with different ideas to the ones in the boxes. That’s fine! NORTH /ɔː/
Spelling Patterns
FEEL
“ore”: more, short “ou”: bought, four
tongue back and down tongue does not move
HEAR
lower-pitched when whispered no movement
GOAT /əʊ/
“o” at end of word: go, no, so “o” + consonant + “e”: phone, wrote
tongue starts centrally and moves upwards
higher-pitched when whispered movement
Comparisons
Minimal pairs are words that sound the same apart from one sound. The only difference between law /lɔː/ and low /ləʊ/ is the vowel sound.
Words (minimal pairs in the order /ɔː/ - /əʊ/) 1 awe - oh
2 law - low
3 born - bone 6 explored - explode 7 gnaw - know 8 walk - woke
