Lessons Unit 2, lesson 14
oʊ + endings
Every ending the oʊ vowel takes, one row at a time. Say the vowel, let the ending close it, and check yourself against the words — all of them real, all verified by the engine.
What do the marks mean?
Want the full walkthrough? Read the map explains every mark, with practice.
oʊthe o in boat
Start on o and glide to oo: boat, go, home. The American o always has this little glide — a flat, unmoving o sounds foreign.
oʊ + every ending
One row per combination. Tap any word to hear it — every sheet comes straight from the tool.
| oʊ b | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| oʊ d | |||
| oʊ g | |||
| oʊ k / ck | |||
| oʊ l | |||
| oʊ m | |||
| oʊ n | |||
| oʊ p | |||
| oʊ s | |||
| oʊ t | |||
| oʊ v | |||
| oʊ z | |||
| oʊ ch |
Keep the glide, don't go flat
American oʊ always glides from o toward oo — a flat, unmoving o sounds foreign here, even in short words like hope and vote. This table runs that glide through endings from globe to coach, so you can check the same movement survives every consonant that follows. The n row — own, known, alone — is worth extra repetition, since the nasal ending can tempt you to cut the glide short before it's finished.
Endings that carry it
Spelling varies more than the sound does: oa in road, a silent-e pattern in home and note, and a bare o in own and known. All of them should glide identically. Voiced endings like the v in drove or the z in rose let the vowel linger; voiceless ones like the p in hope or the t in vote close it fast. Try whole against hope to hear that length gap clearly.