OUGH spelling pattern
Well, what a strange spelling pattern this is! It likes to turn up in many words and sound differently in them, so it can be very confusing
The ough letter string can make these sounds: uh, uf, off, ow, oo, oh and this is why it is hard. You see, naturally we often choose to go back to those earlier spelling graphemes that represent the sounds as above.
Today, we have played around with those sounds practically in school: this was to try to place those sounds into your memory, so you can stop, and think, ’Is it an ough spelling?’ when you are doing your writing.
Think when you are practising these spellings what sound the ough makes.
enough
trough
cough
rough
through
plough
dough
although
furlough
bough
