2. This activity is to assist ESL and EFL students to understand the phonics of letters and letter blends. Mouse over's and clicks will activate sounds and on the quiz page activates scoring as well as sounds. After phonics there is listening for beginning sounds. Quizzes at the end and will be added to as I have time. DO NOTE RESELL (but copy and give students) I HAVE USED pptm AS MOST PEOPLE CAN EDIT OR CHANGE TO SUIT THERE OWN NEEDS. Next page Next page

3. ough The letter blend ough has several sounds. The most used and common sounds are; ow ---- off ---- or ---- oo ---- uff ---- up ---- oh ---- u According to Quizmonster (2008) in standard English, there are 8 main or common 'oughs', but in British speech, there are 11: ooch, oo, uff, oh, ow, aw, e, och, off, up and ock. The extra sounds from Quizmonster are words rarely used unless you are Scottish. ‘Hicough’ is said ‘hiccup’ and now is also commonly spelt hiccup. ow Back page Back page Next page Next page Page 2/18

4. ough words with an ow sound Examples of how to spell the ow sounds are Bough, plough, sough & slough. Examples of the same sound with different spelling. Bow, cow, sow, vow, town, avow, allow & now. Boughslough ploughsough ow Bowcowsowvowtownavowallownow According to ‘Find the Word’ there are about 8,000 words with ow in them but not all are an ow sound ow Back page Back page Next page Next page Page 3/18

5. ough words with an off sound Examples of how to spell the off sounds are Cough & trough. Examples of the same sound with different spelling. off, offer, coffer, office, scoff, toffee & coffee. Coughtrough off offer coffer officescoff toffee coffee According to ‘Find the Word’ there are about 1,000 words with off in them but not all are an off sound off Back page Back page Next page Next page Page 4/18

6. ough words with an or sound Examples of how to spell the or sounds are Bought, fought, ought, sought, thought & wrought. Examples of the same sound with different spelling. rort, naughty, sort, fraught, short, taught, aught, caught, slaughter Boughtfought or sort rort naughtyfraughtshorttaught According to ‘Find the Word’ there are about 45,000 words with or in them but not all are an or sound or ought sought thought wrought aughtcaughtslaughter Back page Back page Next page Next page Page 5/18

7. ough words with an oo sound Examples of how to spell the oo sounds are Through & throughout, Examples of the same sound with different spelling. threw, doom, route, hoot, mood, bloom, chooses, moonbeam, lewd, lube. Through lube oo moodhootbloom According to ‘Find the Word’ there are about 13,000 words with oo in them but not all are an oo sound oo route lewdchooses throughout threwdoom moonbeam Back page Back page Next page Next page Page 6/18

8. ough words with an uff sound Examples of how to spell the uff sounds are Tough, rough, roughness tougher & enough. Examples of the same sound with different spelling. buff, cuff, suffering, stuffed, shuffle, dandruff. Tough rough uff cuff dandruff shuffle According to ‘Find the Word’ there are about 1,100 words with uff in them but not all are an uff sound uff roughness tougher buff stuffed suffering enough Back page Back page Next page Next page Page 7/18

9. ough words with an up sound Examples of how to spell the up sounds are Hiccough. Examples of the same sound with different spelling. Hiccup, abrupt. Hiccupabrupt up According to ‘Find the Word’ there are about 7,000 words with up in them but not all are an up sound up Hiccough Back page Back page Next page Next page Page 8/18

10. ough words with an oh sound Examples of how to spell the oh sounds are Dough, brougham, slough, though, although, & borough. Examples of the same sound with different spelling. hoe, whoa, audio, sloe, afterglow, mistletoe. Dough brougham oh whoamistletoe afterglow According to ‘Find the Word’ there are about 2,000 words with oh in them but not all are an oh sound oh althoughslough hoe sloeaudio though borough Back page Back page Next page Next page Page 9/18

11. ough words with an u sound Examples of how to spell the u sounds are Thorough, Scarborough, Marlborough, & borough. Examples of similar sounds with different spelling. furniture, enclosure, mixture, posture, Thorough u Marlborough Scarborough According to ‘Find the Word’ there are about 800 words that end with u but very few end with the u (gut) sound mostly the end with the u (you) sound. u furniture posturemixture enclosure borough u Back page Back page Next page Next page Page 10/18

12. augh words with an arf sound Examples of how to spell the arf sounds are Laughter, draught, draughty, & laughingly. Examples of similar sounds with different spelling. behalf, staff, paragraph, chaff, Laughter arf laughingly draught According to ‘Find the Word’ there are about 300 words with the ‘arf’ letters but only a few have the sound ‘arf’ as in laugh, calf or barf. behalf chaffstaff paragraph draughty arf augh arf Back page Back page Next page Next page Page 11/18

13. augh words with an aw/or sound Examples of how to spell the aw/or sounds are Caught, naughty, fraught, haughtily, taught, slaughter & distraught. Examples of similar sounds with different spelling. bought, short, cauterize, thought, cavort, report Caught aw/or haughtilynaughty According to ‘Find the Word’ there are about 300 words with the ‘arf’ letters but only a few have the sound ‘aw/or’ as in laugh, calf or barf. taught distraught bought slaughter fraught aw/or short cauterizethoughtcavortreport augh aw/or Back page Back page Next page Next page Page 12/18

14. eigh words with an a sound Examples of how to spell the eigh sounds are Freight, eight, weight, inveigh, neighbour, outweigh & sleigh Examples of similar sounds with different spelling. survey, portray, soufflé, sauté, vertebrae, protégé. survey eigh vertebraeportray According to ‘Find the Word’ there are about 561words with the ‘eigh’ letters but only a few have the sound ‘a’ as in hay. sauté Freight weight eight soufflé a inveighneighbour outweighsleigh protégé a a eigh Back page Back page Next page Next page Page 13/18

15. eigh words with an i sound Examples of how to spell the eigh sounds are Sleight & height. Examples of similar sounds with different spelling. kite, night, incite, Fahrenheit, byte, acolyte. eigh According to ‘Find the Word’ there are about 300 words with the ‘i’ letters but only a few have the sound ‘i’ as in kite. height kite Sleight i night incite Fahrenheit byte acolyte i i eigh Back page Back page Next page Next page Page 14/18

16. The 1 st sound of these words are. cheap creep sleep sheet these shears cheers chores shores chirp shirt sheep cheat chipship sh ch th sl cr sh ch th sl cr sh ch th sl cr 1 st Click here to listen to word. 1 st Click here to listen to beginning sound. 2 nd select words beginning with the sound. Start be clicking here. Continue clicking words if you want to listen to the sounds. 2 nd mouse over to listen to beginning sound. 3 rd click on correct sound to score. 2nd mouse over to listen to beginning sound. 3 rd click on correct sound to score. Sorry Incorrect Well Done Sorry Incorrect Well Done Next page Next page Page 15/18

17. Which word starts with this sound. cheap creep sleep sheet these shears cheers chores shores chirp shirt sheep cheat chipship sh ch th sl cr sh ch th sl cr sh ch th sl cr 1 st Click here to listen to beginning sound. 2 nd select words beginning with the sound. Start be clicking here. slight Continue clicking words if you want to listen to the sounds. Well done Sorry Well done Sorry Next page Next page Page 16/18

18. Which word starts with this sound. cheap creep sleep sheet these shears cheers chores shores chirp shirt sheep cheat chipship sh ch th sl cr sh ch th sl cr sh ch th sl cr 1 st Click here to listen to beginning sound. 2 nd select words beginning with the sound. Start be clicking here. Continue clicking words if you want to listen to the sounds. Well done Sorry Well done Sorry Next page Next page Page 17/18

19. More quizzes coming. This is a freebee in the hope of generating a bit more traffic on my web to try and cover my server costs. Click here to get your score out of a possible 42 Page 18/18