7 ways to pronounce the combination OUGH

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7 ways to pronounce the combination OUGH

OUGH is pronounced [əu]

Pronounced like the letter o in no, go

although [ɔːl'ðəu]

хотя; несмотря на то, что

doughnut ['dəunʌt]

пончик

OUGH is pronounced [au]

Has the pronunciation [au], as ow in tower and flower

bough [bau]

ветка

slough [slau]

болото

OUGH is pronounced [u:]

Pronounced as a long [u:] sound, as in the word too

through [θruː]

сквозь, через

throughout [θru'aut]

в течение всего времени; везде

OUGH is pronounced [ɔː]

The same sound we hear in port, court

You can see the pattern that when ough is followed

by a consonant t, ought is read as [ɔːt]

ought [ɔːt]

модальный глагол, как should – следует

OUGH is pronounced [ɔː]

The second and third forms of some irregular verbs have this combination

Second and third forms of the verbs

buy (покупать)

bring (приносить)

think (думать)

fight (бороться)

bought [bɔ:t]

brought [brɔ:t]

thought [θɔ:t]

fought [fɔ:t]

OUGH is pronounced [ɔf]

The combination of gh is not always "mute" and can be pronounced like the [f] sound

cough [kɔf]

кашлять

trough [trɔf]

корыто

OUGH is pronounced [ʌf]

Can be pronounced as [ʌf], similar to the combination of uff in the words suffer and muffin

rough [rʌf]

грубый, неровный; примерный

tough [tʌf]

жёсткий, плотный; несговорчивый

OUGH is pronounced [ə]

If the ough combination is unstressed in the word,

it is pronounced as [ə].

borough ['bʌrə]

городок; один из административных районов Лондона

thorough ['θʌrə]

исчерпывающий, полный,

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