ough and augh Words Phonics For Kids

Dear Children

We are here with another Word Phonics, which will definitely add on to your interest, so what are we waiting for, let us begin:

Introducing, young children to the excitement and wonder of books requires the systematic teaching of sounds. Understanding sounds will also help children to know which letters to use when writing words.

Written language can be compared to code, so knowing the sounds of each letter and how those letters sound when combined will help children determine the words as they read.

The first -ough pronunciation has the sound “oh”, as in the word “go.” For example, you should let the dough rise before you put the bread in the oven. In this word there is a sound – “oh”.

The ‘ough’ grapheme is very different from the spelling of the / or / aw / phoneme. Words such as ‘ought, ‘nought, ‘bought’, and ‘thought are however widely used.

The grapheme ‘augh’ varies greatly in spelling and / or / aw / phoneme. Terms such as ‘taught’, ‘caught’ and ‘daughter’ are very widely used. Please note that there are some common spellings for all the words ‘aught’ (ought) and ‘naught’ (nought).

So, we understand from above that the grapheme “ough’ and ‘augh’ are very rare spelling variations of the / or/ aw/ phoneme. The word ‘ought’ has the same meaning as ‘aught’ and ‘nought’ has the same meaning as ‘naught’. It is more usual to see the ‘ought’ and ‘nought’ spellings. Whilst the ‘ough’ and ‘augh’ graphemes as code for / aw / are very rare.

ough and augh Words List For Kids

Now let us work on the words with ‘ough’ and ‘augh’ as under:

Ought	aught	distraught
Nought	naught	overwrought
Fought	taught	dough
Bought	caught	though
Brought	daughter	although
Thought	fraught	thorough
Thoughtful	granddaughter	throughout
Thoughtless	naughtily	rough
Wrought	haughty	coughed
Sought	untaught	coughing

Now as usual, let us play a game where we need to find and shade the words with ‘ough’ and ‘augh’.

To make the game simpler, we have all clue words in the box below.

B		T	A	U	G	H	T			H
	R		H					F		G
C		O		O				A		U
T	A		U		U			U		O
	H	U		G		G		G		R
		R	G		H		H	H
			O	H		T		T		D
		T		U	T					A
H		O			G			N		U
G		U			T	H	T	A		G
U		G		H		H		U		H
O		H	G		G			G		T
C		U		U				H		E
	O		A					T		R
S		B						Y

TAUGHT	DAUGHTER	FAUGHT	NAUGHTY	BOUGHT
SOUGHT	ROUGH	THOUGHT	COUGH	CAUGHT
THROUGH	BROUGHT	TOUGH