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Level5-Unit 3
🎧 unit 3 sounds level 5
The Broad O Sound: AW vs. AU (/ɔː/ Sound)
Different spelling, but they make the same "aw" sound as in saw or launch:
Spelled with "aw"
paw fawn draw straw
hawk claw yawn lawn
jaw raw dawn gnaw
flaw awesome awful shawl
Spelled with "au"
faucet August cause haul
launch audio author autumn
sauce laundry pause astronaut
audience automatic automobile exhaust
Silent 'L' vs. Pronounced 'L' (ALK vs. ALL)
Compare when the letter L is quiet and when it is heard:
Quiet "L" Spelling (alk ➔ /ɔːk/)
The 'L' is completely silent! Sounds like "awk":
talk
walk
chalk
stalk
crosswalk
sidewalk
beanstalk
Heard "L" Spelling (all ➔ /ɔːl/)
We clearly say the 'L' sound:
ball tall call hall
mall fall wall small
stall salt malt alternative
The Secret Pronunciations of "OR"
The spelling or can make three totally different sounds depending on the word!
Sound 1: /ɔːr/ ("oar")
Standard "oar" sound:
organic organism order fork
pork horse horn fort
Sound 2: /ɜːr/ ("er")
Sounds like "er" as in her:
word work world worry
Sound 3: Agent Suffix /ər/
At the end of job titles, "or" sounds like "er":
tractor doctor visitor sailor
tailor protractor
Spelling Families of "OR"
Look at how these words share rhyming families:
-orm
dorm
form
storm
-orn
born
corn
horn
torn
worn
-ort
fort
port
sort
sport
-orch
porch
torch
scorch
-ord
cord
lord
chord
sword
-ork
cork
fork
pork
stork
The "Wa" Sound Shift
When the letter W sits next to A, the A changes to sound like short "o" (/ɒ/):
W + A ➔ sounds like /ɒ/ ("o")
watch
wallet
water
wash
Spelling Secrets (Suffixes)
Notice how words change when we add the suffix -ing:
Keep Silent Letters:
For words like talk, keep the silent 'l':
talk ➔ talking
Drop Silent 'E':
For words ending in silent 'e', drop the 'e' before adding -ing:
take ➔ taking
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🎧 level 5 unit 3
| Unit 3 Vocabulary | ||
|---|---|---|
| List A | List B | List C |
| Faucet | Pause | Chalk |
| Paw | Astronaut | Walkway |
| Laundry | Yawn | Balkanize |
| Sausage | Rawhide | Wallpaper |
| Fault | Lawyer | Talkback |
| Scrawny | Withdraw | Talk |
| Spawn | Causeway | Washing |
| Whipsawn | Nighthawk | Chalkboard |
| Authority | Saunter | Clock-watching |
| Sauce | Automatic | Wander |
| Rickshaw | Paunchy | Washday |
| Authentic | Hawknose | Sidewalk |
| Lawman | Exhausting | Waterfall |
| Dawn | Lawfare | Cakewalk |
| Sawfish | Pauper | Walkout |
| Austerity | Taunting | |
| Launch | Lawmaker | |
| Applause | Dawdle | |
| Scrimshaw | Claustrophobic | |