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The letter string 'ough' is difficult because it can be pronounced in many different ways.
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The table below should help you to say the different words. Read them carefully and make sure you know how to pronounce each one correctly.
| sounds like: | examples: |
| uff (as in cuff) | enough, rough, tough |
| oa (as in coat) | though, dough |
| ow (as in cow) | bough, drought, plough |
| off (as in toffee) | cough, trough |
| oo (as in loop) | through |
| u (as in cup) | borough, thorough |
| or (as in born) | bought, ought, thought |
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