Unit 5: A dog in the corner /ɒ/ and /ɔː/
A. How to make the sound /ɒ/
/ɒ/ is a short sound. Look at the diagram. Listen and say the sound. Round your lips a little. The front of your tongue is low and towards the back of your mouth. Target sound: /ɒ/
B. Sound and spelling
/ɒ/ is usually spelled o, and sometimes a. Listen and repeat.
- bottle: /ˈbɒt.əl/
- box: /bɒks/
- chocolate: /ˈtʃɒk.lət/
- clock: /klɒk/
- coffee: /ˈkɒf.i/
- copy: /ˈkɒp.i/
- cost: /kɒst/
- cross: /krɒs/
- doctor: /ˈdɒk.tər/
- dog: /dɒɡ/
- gone: /ɡɒn/
- got: /ɡɒt/
- holiday: /ˈhɒl.ə.deɪ/
- hospital: /ˈhɒs.pɪ.təl/
- hot: /hɒt/
- job: /dʒɒb/
- lock: /lɒk/
- long: /lɒŋ/
- lost: /lɒst/
- lot: /lɒt/
- not: /nɒt/
- off: /ɒf/
- often: /ˈɒf.ən/
- possible: /ˈpɒs.ə.bəl/
- shop: /ʃɒp/
- song: /sɒŋ/
- sorry: /ˈsɒr.i/
- stop: /stɒp/
- top: /tɒp/
- wrong: /rɒŋ/
- quality: /ˈkwɒl.ə.ti/
- want: /wɒnt/
- wash: /wɒʃ/
- wasn’t: /ˈwɒz.ənt/
- watch: /wɒtʃ/
- what: /wɒt/
Listen and say these sentences.
- Have you got a lot of shopping?: /hæv ju ɡɒt ə lɒt əv ˈʃɒp.ɪŋ/
- John’s gone to the shops.: /dʒɒnz ɡɒn tə ðə ʃɒps/
- How much did your holiday cost?: /haʊ mʌtʃ dɪd jɔːr ˈhɒl.ə.deɪ kɒst/
- She said the coffee wasn’t very good, but I thought it was. : /ʃi sed ðə ˈkɒf.i ˈwɒz.ənt ˈver.i ɡʊd bət aɪ θɔːt ɪt wɒz/
C. How to make the sound /ɔː/
/ɔː/ is a long sound. Look at the diagram. Listen and say
the sound. Round your lips more than for /ɒ/. Target sound /ɔː/
D. Sound and spelling
/ɔː/ has different spellings. Listen and say these words.
- all: /ɔːl/
- ball: /bɔːl/
- call: /kɔːl/
- fall: /fɔːl/
- rall: /rɔːl/
- wall: /wɔːl/
- water: /ˈwɔː.tər/
- autumn: /ˈɔː.təm/
- saw: /sɔː/
- caught: /kɔːt/
- daughter: /ˈdɔː.tər/
- bought: /bɔːt/
- thought: /θɔːt/
Listen and say these phrases and sentences.
- Quarter past four: /ˈkwɔː.tər pɑːst fɔːr/
- Born in autumn: /bɔːn ɪn ˈɔː.təm/
- Have some more: /hæv səm mɔːr/
- Walking on water: /ˈwɔː.kɪŋ ɒn ˈwɔː.tər/
- The fourth door on the fourth floor: /ðə fɔːθ dɔːr ɒn ðə fɔːθ flɔːr/
