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Though, through, thorough, thought Nightmare words
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Though, through, thorough, thought ď Ž
th- letter pattern
ď Ž
-ough letter pattern
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The nightmare words look alike. The letter t (and sometimes r) surrounding the letter combination ough in slightly different arrangements
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The letter combination ough makes a different sound. Ough is unpredictable
The spellings of the words are very similar. They all contain the letter combination ough but the vowel sound of each of the words can be different from each other.
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Through
Ex) Go through a door
Also: Throughout
Through is the only one of the words that starts with t.h.r.
We have a ‘thr’ + a long vowel sound (‘oo’)
Often confused with throw – threw
thr sounds like three and throw
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Though
Ex) The sun was shining though it wasn’t that warm (=in spite of the fact that…)
Though is made up of th + a short vowel sound (‘oh’)
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Thorough
Ex) Planners need a thorough understanding of the subject (=done with great care and completeness)
Through and though are pronounced with one syllable but thorough has two ‘th ru’. It sounds like the word borough
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Thought
Ex) I thought this was the end but it’s not (=past tense of think)
Thought is made up of th + a long vowel sound (‘ort’)
It’s like though with a t at the end
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In this lesson we are taking a thorough look through these nightmare words and though you might get confused keep your thought processes open while we work on how you can remember how to pronounce them http://www.howtospell.co.uk/though-through-thoroughthought
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Assignment
Write a similar passage like the one I just read to you (use all four words: Though, through, thorough, thought)
Make it simple, make it short
You have 10 minutes
Everybody must read their passage aloud in class afterwards
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