ISK
PHONICS
GRADE 4
“ough” and “augh”
The letters “ough” appear in many words, but they do not always sound the
same. Study this quicklist.
sounds like
“go” or “toe”
though
dough
furlough
sounds like
“saw”
ought
thought
bought
fought
nought
sought
wrought
sounds like
“too” or
“true”
through
sounds like
“above”
borough
thorough
sounds like
“off”
cough
sounds like
“up”
hiccough*
sounds like
“huff” or
“suffer”
rough
enough
trough
sounds like
“flower”
plough
bough
drought
sounds like
“ok”
lough
(pronounced
as hikup; this
word is
commonly
spelled as
“hiccup”)
The word “slough” can be pronounced two ways: “sloo” or “slao” which has the
same vowel sound as bow-wow.
The wind was rough along the lough as the ploughman fought through
the slough and snow, and though he hiccoughed and he coughed, he
thought only of his work, determined to be thorough.
ISK
PHONICS
GRADE 4
Copy the sentence in your notebook and try saying the sentence, pronouncing all
the “ough” words correctly.
EXERCISE: Draw a circle around the word which has a vowel that sounds the same as
the word on the left:
(1) moon
(2) now
(3) raw
thought
plough
though
through
borough
ought
thorough
dough
enough
“augh” words
augh sounds like ‘f’
laughter
draught
taught
caught
daughter
slaughter
naughty
distraught
fraught
haughty
"A rough-coated, dough-faced, thoughtful ploughman strode through the streets of
scarborough; after falling into a slough, he coughed and hiccoughed."
TASK: Write your own rhyme or poem using words with “augh” and “ough”.