Session Eleven

1. Vowel AU as in Out

2. Vowel AH as in Top

3. Vowel A as in Hat

A Vowel Sound

Back

Dad

Fax

Value

Sat

Hatch

Jacket

Taxi

Apple

Catch

Rabbit

Tack

A Practice

The fat cat wore a jacket.

Pack your sack and bring your magnet.

He sang about an actor named Jack.

AU Vowel Sound

This is an important sound! If mispronounced, it can often make you misunderstood.

Begin this sound with the A sound as in hat…

Then, slide your mouth forward to form a small W sound.

Example: Downtown. DA – wn…TA – wn

AU Practice

Now

House

Round

Loud

Gown

Sound

Ouch

Out

Found

South

Ounce

Rebound

Mouth

Bounce

Flower

Thousand

Spout

Count

The brown couch is downstairs.

Her house is on the South side of the mountain.

I was proud of the sounds that came out of my mouth.

Are VS Our

Are (Close with strong R sound, tongue retracts back.)

Are you going?

Our (Begin with the AU sound (A as in Hat), Then close your mouth and say Were.)

Think of the word Our as having two syllables.

Pronounced as AU-WERE (The word Hour is also pronounced the same way).

Are/Our Practice Sentences

Are you going to our house?

Sales are down, but our projections for next year are very good.

Our plans will be changing in the next hour.

Are you sure that our meeting will be an hour late?

AH Vowel Sound

O words that are pronounced with AH

Hot

Top

Stop

Probably

Follow

Not

Blob

Sock

Mop

Product

Solve

Problem

AH Practice (AH sounds are underlined)

Bob opened the box and followed the instructions.

Tom put some cotton, rocks and a doorknob in his locker.

His mom made a concrete model of a hockey rink.