PART 1: ARTICLE - CAE WRITING - CAMBRIDGE ADVANCED CERTIFICATE IN ENGLISH

Exam: KET
Course: ACCENTS

INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE EXERCISE BELOW

Decide what the letter A in the image given sounds like.

Drag and drop, or type the correct word from the list given, which has the same A sound, into the answer box at the bottom of the image chosen, in Capitals or lower case.

Once all the images have been chosen, click on CHECK to identify mistakes.

If the word chosen is correct, it will show in green.

If the word chosen is not correct, it will show in red, and when that happens, try another word and press the CHECK button again until all the answers show in green.

THE NEUTRAL ACCENT - COMPLEX LETTER COMBINATION SOUNDS - OUGH, OUGHT, AUGHT

Theory

Many words in English have strange spelling, which causes difficulties in their pronunciation.
An example of this are words that end in OUGH, OUGHT and AUGHT.
These combinations of letters don't always sound the same.
For example:
OUGH in the word ENOUGH sounds like UFF in STUFF.
But OUGH in the word THOUGH sounds like O in NO.

The combination OUGH can have several sounds.
For example:
OUGH in COUGH sounds like OFF.
Other such words are TROUGH,

OUGH in words like PLOUGH sound like COW.
Other such words are

OUGH in words like ROUGH sound like UFF in STUFF.
Other such words are ENOUGH, TOUGH,

OUGH in words like THOUGH sound like GO.
Other such words are DOUGH,

OUGH in words like THROUGH sound like EW in FEW.
Other such words are

OUGHT is a similar combination, bit its sound is different.
OUGHT in words like BOUGHT sound like COT.
Other such words are SOUGHT, THOUGHT, OUGHT, FOUGHT,

OUGHT in words like DROUGHT sound like OUT.
Other such words are

Another similar combination is AUGHT.
AUGHT in words like CAUGHT sound like cot.
Other such words are DAUGHTER, NAUGHTY, SLAUGHTER, TAUGHT

AUGHT in words like DRAUGHT sound like CRAFT.
Other such words are LAUGHTER,