bloat
boast
boat
broach
cloak
coach
coal
coast
coat
coax
croak
float
foal
foam
gloam
gloat
goad
goal
goat
groan
hoax
Joan
Loach
load
loaf
loam
loan
loath
loaves
moan
moat
oaf
oak
oat
oath
poach
roach
road
roam
roast
shoal
soak
soap
stoat
throat
toad
toast
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There is no cockroach or roach
yes, roach is there. I only have one-syllable words on this list at present, one day I might find time to add longer words.
Thank you so much. Very useful and helpful.
Slightly exhausted EFL teacher.❤
Just wondering about words like coal, foal, shoal…. they sound like more of a “ohwl” sound. Can you give me some more info on these? 🙂
Thanks
Hi Clare, the vowel-like consonant /l/ colours vowels more than most consonants. Vowels are also always shifting around, even within the same regional dialect and within speakers at times. I think that the words ‘poll/pole’ and ‘doll/dole’ are NOT homophones, but for some reason I think that the words ‘roll’ and ‘role’ are, whereas my 20-years-younger colleagues think they’re all homophones. In the UK, the words ‘cold’, ‘bold’ and ‘old’ are all pronounced with and /oe/ sound as in ‘foal’, but here we are mostly inclined to think of the vowel as an /o/ as in hot. So I think what you describe is just the influence of the following /l/ on the vowel. Phonemes are concepts in our heads not actual Things in our mouths, in fact they are produced differently in different contexts i.e. they are collections of allophones, not identical sounds, but we group them together in the same way we group a greyhound, a chihuahua and a labrador as dogs, though they have a lot of differences as well as similarities. Hope that makes sense, Alison
Yes, makes a lot of sense. 🙂
I would agree with you about poll/pole NOT being homophones 😀
I have been using your lists a lot, as I am a TA, working in literacy intervention. As we teach each sound, we create small practice lists for the kids to either read or write. I’ve left the “l” ones out, as for these kids, it just adds a complexity that they don’t need right now.
Anyone looking at me while I read your lists would have a good laugh, as I’ve been very slowly saying each word, and being conscious of what my mouth is doing, and what sound I am making. Rather hilarious! 😀
Thanks for the help, and for this amazing resource!
what about coaster