Words With Short O Sound. To pronounce this sound clearly, the lips should NOT be rounded, the tongue should be very relaxed in the middle of the mouth, and the mouth is less open. The short O sound appears in English words such as "not", "socks", and "off".
The mule got stuck in the ditch. Words that Begin with the Letter O Activity Sheet: Modern Manuscript: Trace (print) the words that begin with the short vowel Oo sound. Some A words have the sound : ma, spa, waffle, watch - O words Lots of words spelled with the letter O have the short O sound: ox, odd, hot, pot, dot, cot, lot, not, spot, cop, pop, top, stop, mob, snob, rob.
Some A words have the sound : ma, spa, waffle, watch - O words Lots of words spelled with the letter O have the short O sound: ox, odd, hot, pot, dot, cot, lot, not, spot, cop, pop, top, stop, mob, snob, rob.
The English vowels are A, E, I, O, & U. (Sometimes Y is a vowel, pronounced as if it were I.
In fact, the jaw is held more open and the back of the tongue is held lower for this sound than any other American English vowel sound pronunciation. So how do you know when the vowel O makes an "oh" sound or an "Awe" sound? Got a lot of short o words to figure out?