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Let's practice
Words
owl
mouse
house
mouth
plow
Other word examples
Directions: Read the following words, phrases, sentences and tongue twisters correctly saying the low
front vowel _[au]_accurately and distinctly.
Initial
our, ours, hour, owl, outcast, ouch, ourselves, outfit, outer
Medial
bounce, bound, found, round, sound, mouth, house, mouse, crowd, thousand, announce, cloud, drown,count
Final
cow, how, vow, now, bow, bough, anyhow, wow, plow, somehow,eyebrow,aw,
Phrases
loud sound large crowd
our townhouse dark cloud
stout clown bower of flowers
Sentences
1. The children found a mound of sand in the ground.
2. Round up the cows and cowboys at the mountainside.
3. The cowboys held a powwow around the bonfire.
4. He crouched and cowered in fear behind the couch.
5. They waited for hours at the lounge.
Tongue Twisters
1.Sounding by sound is a sound method of sounding sounds.
2.Round and round the rugged rock the ragged rascal ran.
Exercise 1: Pictures
Instructions: Identify the following pictures with the / au / sound.
EXERCISE 2: VOCABULARY TEST
Test I
Instructions: Underline the correct word that corresponds to the sentence.
1. She took a _______ (bow, boa, boo) after her outstanding performance.
2. Of all the subjects present, he alone was given the _______ (pawer, power, peer) to rule over the others.
3. My grandmother thought the music was too _______ (laud, loud, lewd) for her.
4. Due to his overeating, he grew _______ (stat, stout, stot).
5. I was _______ (abbot, abut, about) to quit my job when Charles advised me not to.
Test II
Match the words in column A with the meanings in column B.
A B
1. proud a. showing intellectual penetration or emotional depth
2. shout b. displeasing to the senses
3. pout c. informal term for the nose
4. snout d. utter in a loud voice; talk in a loud voice
5. profound e. having or displaying great dignity or nobility
f. make a sad face and thrust out one's lower lip
g. having an abundant supply of desirable qualities or substances
Test III
Listening Test
Instructions: Listen carefully` as the teacher reads series of sentences.
Fill in the blanks the appropriate word to complete the sentence.
1. She _______ (pouted, potted) when she realized that she took the wrong _______ (root, route).
2. It was _______ (announced, annons) that the results of the exams were already _______ (out, ought).
3. The little bushes outside our house are _______ (sprouting, spotting), soon enough I'll be able to see beautiful _______ (flowers, flows).
4. I _______ (fond, found) my missing money, _______ (no, now) I can buy pizza!
5. _______ (How, Haw) do we make a _______ (cran, crown) like that?
EXERCISE 3: POEM READING
Instructions: Read the poem correctly.
THE PASSIONATE SHEPHERD TO HIS LOVE
by: Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593)
- OME live with me, and be my love;
- And we will all the pleasures prove
- That hills and valleys, dales and fields,
- Woods or steepy mountain yields.
- And we will sit upon the rocks,
- Seeing the shepherds feed their flocks
- By shallow rivers, to whose falls
- Melodious birds sing madrigals.
- And I will make thee beds of roses,
- And a thousand fragrant posies;
- A cap of flowers, and a kirtle
- Embroider'd all with leaves of myrtle;
- A gown made of the finest wool
- Which from our pretty lambs we pull;
- Fair-lined slippers for the cold,
- With buckles of the purest gold;
- A belt of straw and ivy-buds,
- With coral clasps and amber studs:
- An if these pleasures may thee move,
- Come live with me, and be my love.
- The shepherd-swains shall dance and sing
- For they delight each May morning:
- If these delights thy mind may move,
- Then live with me, and be my love.
"The Passionate Shepherd to his Love" is reprinted from Poetica Erotica. Ed. T.R. Smith. New York: Crown Publishers, 1921.
EXERCISE 4
Instructions: Sing/read the song aloud giving emphasis to words with / au / sound.
GOODBYE
I can honestly say you've been on my mind
Since I woke up today, up today
I look at your photograph all the time
These memories come back to life
And I don't mind
I remember when we kissed
I still feel it on my lips
The time that you danced with me
With no music playing
But I remember those simple things
I remember 'til I cry
But the one thing I wish I'd forget
The memory I wanna forget
Is goodbye
I woke up this morning and played are song
And throwing my tears, I sang along
I picked up the phone and then put it down
'Cause I know I'm wasting my time
And I don't mind
I remember when we kissed
I still feel it on my lips
The time that you danced with me
With no music playing
But I remember the simple things
I remember 'til I cry
But the one thing I wish I'd forget
The memory I wanna forget
Suddenly my cell phone's blowing up
With your ringtone
I hesitate but answer it anyway
You sound so alone
And I'm surprised to hear you say
You remember when we kissed
You still feel it on your lips
The time that you danced with me
With no music playing
You remember the simple things
We talked 'til we cried
You said that your biggest regret
The one thing you wish I'd forget
Is saying goodbye, saying goodbye
Ooh, goodbye