Week 14 • Level A • Linguistic Key & Guide
Phonograms <or> and <ou> • Medial Diphthongs • Silent Letters • Dictation Sentences
Answer Key & Dictation
| # |
Word |
Pronunciation / IPA |
Structure |
Orthographic & Teaching Notes |
| 1 |
or |
ôr /ɔːr/ |
or |
Phonogram or says /or/ |
| 2 |
for |
fôr /fɔːr/ |
f + or |
/or/ spelled or; homophone with four, fore |
| 3 |
north |
nôrth /nɔːrθ/ |
n + or + th |
/or/ spelled or before unvoiced th |
| 4 |
short |
shôrt /ʃɔːrt/ |
sh + or + t |
Digraph sh- + /or/ spelled or before t |
| 5 |
horse |
hôrs /hɔːrs/ |
h + or + se |
/or/ spelled or; silent-e prevents s ending; homophone with hoarse |
| 6 |
house |
hows /haʊs/ |
h + ou + se |
/ow/ spelled ou; silent-e prevents single final s |
| 7 |
out |
owt /aʊt/ |
ou + t |
/ow/ spelled ou at start of word |
| 8 |
a•bout |
ə-bowt′ /əˈbaʊt/ |
a + bout |
Schwa a- + /ow/ spelled ou |
| 9 |
a•round |
ə-rownd′ /əˈraʊnd/ |
a + round |
Schwa a- + /ow/ spelled ou before nd |
| 10 |
found |
fownd /faʊnd/ |
f + ou + nd |
/ow/ spelled ou before blend nd |
| 11 |
ground |
grownd /ɡraʊnd/ |
gr + ou + nd |
Blend gr- + /ow/ spelled ou before nd |
| 12 |
south |
sowth /saʊθ/ |
s + ou + th |
/ow/ spelled ou before unvoiced th |
| 13 |
hour [Deb] |
owr /aʊər/ |
h + ou + r |
[Deb] Silent h; ou says /ow/; homophone with our |
| 14 |
oh [Deb] |
ō /oʊ/ |
o + h |
[Deb] Exclamation: o followed by silent h says long /ō/ |
| 15 |
of [Deb] |
ŭv /ʌv/ |
o + f |
[Deb] Irregular: o says short /u/; f says /v/ |
| H |
four |
fôr /fɔːr/ |
f + ou + r |
Number 4; homophone with for, fore |
| H |
fore |
fôr /fɔːr/ |
f + o-e + r |
Situated in front; homophone with for, four |
| H |
hoarse |
hôrs /hɔːrs/ |
h + oar + se |
Rough vocal sound; homophone with horse |
| H |
our |
owr /aʊər/ |
ou + r |
Belonging to us; homophone with hour |
/or/ Spelled <or>
or
for
north
short
horse
/ow/ (1-Syllable)
house
out
found
ground
south
/ow/ (2-Syllable)
about
around
[Deb] Debt Words
hour
oh
of
Exercise 3 Homophones Key: a. hour / our • b. hoarse • c. four / for
“The brown horse ran south around the big house.”
“We found four short sticks on the ground for our campfire.”
“We waited about an hour for the north wind to stop.”
“Oh, look at the flock of birds flying out toward the hills.”