Lesson 3 : The [ /ɔː/] sound as in "horse"

Long Vowel /ɔː/

Speech organs Position

The lips are pushed forward but not as far forward - as in [u:] (lesson 2)
slightly rounded,but still a bit of tightness and tension.
The back of the tongue is rising at the back of the mouth,but not nearly as high as it would be with [ /u:/ ]


words

Look at the mouth diagram to help you position your lips, tongue and jaw for the target sound


Highlighted bold letters pronounced as [ /ɔː/]

or -storm, door , horse, corpulent, sordid, organic

aw -awe, law, dawn, lawn, sprawl

au - caustic, Paul, cautious

augh -naughty, haughty, daughter

a before l and al - almost, ball, wall, walk, talk, appalling, although


sentences

Look at the mouth diagram to help you position your lips, tongue and jaw for the target sound


1. George was falling asleep awkwardly in a sprawl.

2. The written laws ought to prevent thoughtless talks.

3. This appalling store was full of all sorts of ordinary shorts.

4. Maud's daughter Georgina was an awful daughter-in-law.

5. Four hundred and forty-four storks flying home in the storm.

6. Paul called out when he thought he saw his naughty daughter fall in the water.


Verses

As i was going by Mr King's yard'
I saw a man sawing,
And of all the sawyers i ever saw,
I never saw a saw saw like that saw
sawed.