Lesson 14:

Long O Sound
(boat, know)

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The long O can be found in English words such as:  most, vote, road, known, goat, hope, low, no, blow, and wrote.

 

The Long O sounds is a long vowel sound. Long vowel sounds are vowel sounds pronounced the same as the name of the letter. Each vowel has a long vowel sound (Long A, Long E, Long I, Long O, Long U).

In English, long vowel sounds are usually the easiest vowel sounds to learn.

 

Common long O spellings

There are five common ways to spell the long O sound:

1. o_e

(o / consonant / silent e)


Say these words out loud (the long O sound is bold):


1) bone

2) smoke

3) phone

4) cone

5) wrote

6) whole

7) vote

8) choke

9) rope

10) home

2. ow

Say these words out loud (the long O sound is bold):


1) throw

2) row

3) blow

4) snow

5) bow

6) know

7) crow

8) glow

9) flow

10) show

3. oa

Say these words out loud (the long O sound is bold):


1) boat

2) moan

3) groan

4) oat

5) loan

6) loaf

7) toad

8) soap

9) oath

10) float

4. o (consonant / o / consonant)

Say these words out loud (the long O sound is bold):


1) hold

2) mold

3) folk

4) bolt

5) both

6) colt

7) fold

8) roll

9) holy

10) stroll

This spelling of the long O sound usually follows the format shown below:  consonant / o / consonant
However, it also includes words that end in O such as:

1) no

2) so

3) ago

4) go

5) zero

6) bingo

7) hello

8) disco

9) video

10) pro

Now say these sentences out loud (the long O sounds are bold):

1) Both of the colts ran home.

2) Throw the ball over the wall.

3) I will show you the video on my phone.

4) No, I will not go home with you.

5) The toad jumped on the road.

7) Hello! Do I know you?

8) Buy a loaf of bread and a bar of soap.

9) His boat will float in the ocean.

10) Please hold the rope.


Have you finished them all? Cool! 

Well done! You have completed the Long O sound lesson.

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