What are AW and AU words?

When you hear the / ȯ / sound at the beginning or in the middle of a syllable, it is usually spelled au. When you hear the / ȯ / sound at the end of a syllable, it is usually spelled aw. While this is quite straight forward, take care to initially to avoid words in which aw does not fall at the end of the syllable.

How do you teach AW and AU?

Use au at the beginning or in the middle of a word for the “ô” sound. Use aw at the end of a word for the “ô” sound. If a single l, n, or k follows the “ô” sound at the end of the word, use aw.

What is aw sound?

The entire tongue is pushed back and kept low during the pronunciation of the ‘aw sound’ /ɔ/ (the sound in the word ‘dog’. The bottom side teeth can be felt alongside the front of the tongue during the sound.

What sounds do Au make?

North Americans usually pronounce au with an /ɑ/ as in Olive sound.

What are au words?

Study the word list: au words

Is AW a digraph?

Digraphs that spell vowel sounds include the letter pairs ai, ay, ee, ea, ie, ei, oo, ou. ow, oe, oo, ue, ey, ay, oy, oi, au, aw. The important thing to remember is that a digraph is made of two letters, and although the letters spell a sound, the digraph is the two letters, not the sound.

Is AW a digraph or diphthong?

A diphthong is one unique vowel sound formed by the combination of two vowels. Such diphthongs are /au/, /aw/, /ou/, /ow/, /oi/ /oy/, /oo/. Together these vowel teams create their own unique sounds. Just a note: The /ow/ vowel team is both a digraph and diphthong.

Is laugh an au word?

‘au’ sound is never used at the end of a word. It is always in the beginning or the middle….Sentences using AU Words.