THE SPELLINGS OF /Ɔː/
Further practice
The spellings of /ɔː/
law
/ lɔ: /
bald
/bɔ:ld /
sought
/ˈsɔ:t/
sword
/ sɔ:d /
water
/ ˈwɔ:tə /
always
/ ˈɔ:lweɪz /
before
/ bɪˈfɔ: /
author
/ˈɔ:θə /
Sean's daughter, Laura, adores small tortoises and football.
ˈʃɒnz ˈdɔ:tə ˈlɔ:rə əˈdɔ:z ˈsmɔ:l ˈtɔ:təsɪz ənd ˈfʊtbɔ:l/
Paul thought going to Malta in August or in autumn is a bore.
/ˈpɔ:l ˈθɔ:t ˈɡəʊɪŋ tə ˈmɔ:ltə ɪn ˈɔ:ɡəst ɔ:r ɪn ˈɔ:təm ˈɪz ə ˈbɔ:/
The author of the story, George, has already gone in the yacht for a fourteen minute sail in the cold water.
/ ði ˈɔ:θər əv ðə ˈstɔ:ri ˈdʒɔ:dʒ həz ɔ:lˈredi ˈɡɒn ɪn ðə ˈjɒt fər ə ˌfɔ:ti:n ˌmɪnɪt ˈseɪl ɪn ðə ˈkəʊld ˈwɔ:tə/
Knife and a fork, bottle and a cork that is the way you spell New York.
/naɪf ənd ə fɔ:k ˈbɒtl̩ ənd ə ˈkɔ:k ˈðæt ɪs ðə ˈweɪ ju ˈspel ˌnju: ˈjɔ:k/
Does this shop sport cords and short socks with spots?
/dəz ðɪs ˈʃɒp ˈspɔ:t ˌkɔ:dz ənd ˌʃɔ:t ˈsɒks wɪð ˈspɒts/
I saw a saw in Warsaw that could outsaw any saw that I ever saw.
/ ˈaɪ ˈsɔ: ə ˈsɔ: ɪn ˈwɔ:sɔ: ðət kəd ˌaʊtˈsɔ: ˈeni ˈsɔ: ðət ˈaɪ ˈevə ˈsɔ:/