Sound Advice

Certain letter combinations can provide us with clues as to how to pronounce English words. Normally speaking, words with "ow" ( ex: crow ) or "oa" ( ex: coat ) together will create a "long o" sound. Words which have the letter "o" ( ex: buffalo ) which stands alone, will produce the same sound. When the letter "o" is followed by a consonant and then by the letter "e" ( ex: home ) it will usually make the same "long o" sound as well. Below, you can try your hand at identifying words that contain the "long o" sound.

Look at the spelling of the following words and try to choose which word has the "long o" sound. Be careful, some of them are pretty tricky! You can check your answers by clicking on the arrows. Click the answer button to see the correct answer.

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Which of these words has a "long o" sound?
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1.       too      ton      blow      cow   
   
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   Answerblow

2.       solo      pond      boot      down   
   
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   Answersolo

3.       pool      loan      sock      hockey   
   
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   Answerloan

4.       money      wonder      roll       gone   
   
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   Answerroll

5.       cook      foreman      long      go   
   
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   Answergo

6.       soak      come      ground      wrong   
   
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   Answersoak

7.       shoot      grow      round      good   
   
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   Answergrow

8.       wound      won      arrow      found   
   
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   Answerarrow

9.       gopher      chocolate      robber      door   
   
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   Answergopher

10.       respond      above      road      love   
    
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    Answerroad

Find the word in the sentence that has the "long o" sound.

Read the sentences and try to determine which word contains the "long o" sound. You can check your answers by clicking on the arrows.

1. The car drove out of the parking lot and into the street.
   Answerdrove

2. The couple sailed their boat on the sea.
   Answerboat

3. The whole team came to our house.
   Answerwhole

4. The good donkey sat down on the bad buffalo.
   Answerbuffalo

5. They love to show how strong they are.
   Answershow

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