A20:30
vote / boat
Say each pair, keeping the first consonant clear.
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Rhyme practice: -ough words
Pronunciation · B1 · 30 sec
Your prompt
Say this aloud, focusing on the highlighted sounds.
Say it slowly first, then again at a natural speed. We check the words came through clearly — this is not a phoneme test.
Reference
Though the rough cough and hiccough plough through, I thought it through enough.
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A few things to cover
- •-ough is pronounced differently in each word here
- •though/go, rough/stuff, cough/off, through/blue, thought/sort
Other pronunciation focus areas
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'-ths' endings
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