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Here in California, Bought and Pot will sound VERY similar or actually be the
same sound.
Part 1: Common spelling for 0 as in Boat
boat |
note |
no |
blow |
toe |
sew |
goat |
tote |
go |
glow |
Joe |
|
soak |
joke |
so |
flow |
|
|
croak |
mope |
mo |
show |
|
|
soap |
cope |
|
snow |
|
|
loan |
stoke |
|
stow |
|
|
bought |
got |
caught |
dawn |
pause |
long |
thought |
lot |
naught |
lawn |
cause |
song |
fought |
shot |
naughty |
fawn |
cautious |
stocks |
|
not |
|
|
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model |
|
top |
|
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lost |
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Part 3: Recognition: Which is different
Example: Boat Bought Boat
1. Soap Soap Sop
2. Cope Cop Cop
3. Note Not Note
4. Coat Caught Caught
5. Lawn Loan Lawn
6. Stock Stock Stoke
Part 4: Which do you hear?
1. Goat
2. Got
3. Stow
4. Loan
5. Lawn
6. Straw
7. Soak
8. Sought
1. Their boat got caught on a sand bar.
2. She couldn’t cope with all the problems she had in her marriage, so she got divorced.
3. It isn’t as easy to get a home loan as it was a few years ago.
4. He had to stoke the fire to keep it going since it was going out.
5. They normally use a lot of soap when they wash their dog before a competition.
6. How many different coats do you wear every winter?
7. Is it important for you to have a nice green lawn, or would you be happy with just rocks?