Session 11 - AU, AH and A

This session covers:

• Vowel ‘AU’ as in Out
• Vowel ‘AH’ as in Top
• 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.