Cough, thought, enough, although: Learn how to pronounce words with 'ough'.
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Hello, and welcome to six minute vocabulary with me, Finn and me, Catherine.
And in this program we're talking about the letters o u G H.
Yes.
The letters ough are found in lots of english words, including cough, rough, ought and through.
But there are lots of different pronunciations.
So let's start with George.
He's talking about last winter when he.
Was ill.
And think about this question while you listen.
What did George do in February?
Last winter I had a cough for roughly three months.
By February, I thought I ought to go to the doctor.
He gave me a thorough check and some medicine.
I got better in the end, although the cough lasted right through till April.
I'm so glad spring's here.
Poor George.
And we what did George do in February?