The key to exercise solutions in chapter 9.2 - Feeling inspired for the textbook Speakout Advanced - Students' Book with authors Antonia Clare and J. J. Wilson from Pearson Education
Question
Look at the words in the box. Put them in the correct group below according to how the 'o' is pronounced.
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Think of some more words with the same sound to add to each line. Practise saying the words.
Answer
/ʌ/ (some) → coming, company (additional words → undercover, comfortable)
/ʊ/ (took) → book, looking, good (additional words → cook, hook)
/ɒ/ (on) → novel, cottage (additional words → orange, obstacle)
/ɔɪ/ (coin) → toying (additional words → boy, join)
/ə/ (actor) → original, ridiculous (additional words → orang-utan, incubator)
/u:/ (shoot) → to, whose, who (additional words → choose, move)
/aʊ/ (mouth) → out (additional words → shout, loud)
/ɔ:/ (door) → brainstorm (additional words → story, more)
/əʊ/ (show) → going (additional words → toe, know)