Each vowel is pronounced in a unique way which gives rise to different types of sounds we hear while pronouncing a word. Today we’ll discuss about vowel ‘o’ and different sounds it produces when it is used in a word.
The following phonics extensive list introduces students to the more than 50 plus “short o” and “long o” sound words.
Short O Vowel Sound Words
Following is a list of phonics words with short o vowel sound:
| bog | bop | con | cod | cog | cot |
| cop | don | dog | dot | fog | god |
| got | hog | hot | jog | jot | lob |
| log | lot | lop | mob | mom | mop |
| nod | not | odd | pod | pop | pot |
| rod | rot | sod | Tom | tot | top |
While pronouncing the words given in table you must have observed that we don’t have to stress on the vowel ‘o’.
Now let’s have a look at long ‘o’ vowel words where you would have to stress the vowel ‘o’ so that it sounds distinct from the rest of the letters.
Long O Vowel Sound Words
Following is a list of phonics words with long o vowel sound:
| Oval | Total | Yoga | Hotel | Rose | Quote |
| Robe | Globe | Probe | Lobe | Adobe | Row |
| Coat | Note | Wrote | Boat | Goat | Float |
| Hope | Mope | Pope | Cope | Scope | Elope |
| Coal | Soap | Toast | Poach | Wardrobe | Envelope |
| Snow | Toe | Hollo | Doe | Swallow | Roe |
| Dough | Window | Though | Elbow | Although | Meadow |
Because we have to stress long for vowel ‘o’ that is why they are called Long ‘o’ vowel words.
Let’s have a look at six ways of spelling the long /o/ sound with example words.
- Using Letter O: In these words the long /o/ sound is spelled with just the letter o.
| Oval | Total | Yoga | Hotel |
| No | Ago | Gecko | Program |
2. O_E Words: These words use split digraph O_E to spell long /o/ sound with an o in the middle of the word and an e at the end of the word. For Example:
| Cope | Hope | Rose | Quote |
| Quote | Close | Impose | Expose |
3. OA Words: These words use letters oa to spell the long /o/ sound.
| Coach | Bloat | Toast | Croak |
| Groan | Soap | Bloat | Poach |
4. OW Words: These words spell the long /o/ sound with the letters ow which usually appears at the end of the word.
| Crow | Elbow | Sorrow | Hollow |
| Window | Swallow | Tomorrow | Snow |
5.OE Words: There words use letters oe at the end of the word to spell the long /o/ sound.
| Toe | Doe | Woe | Aloe |
6. OUGH Words: There words use letters ough to spell many sounds including the long /o/ sound/. Such as – dough, though, although.
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