The ou spelling pattern has the most pronunciations of any vowel combination.The student who correctly reads and spells all of the words in Lesson 86 will likely feel a great sense of accomplishment. All of these ou variants have been previously covered. To pronounce these words correctly the student will have to know the word meanings.

I REVIEW the ou spelling with the diphthong pronunciation pattern |ow|, as in shout. [Lesson 68]

II REVIEW the ou spelling with the |ŭ| or |ə| sound, as in rough and famous.
[Lesson 67]

III REVIEW the ou spelling with the |ü| and |ū| sound, as in soup and Houston, respectively. Words like troupe and route end with a silent e. [Lesson 70]

Notice that wound and route can also be pronounced |ow|, as found above in Roman numeral I.

IV REVIEW the ou spelling with the long-vowel o sound, |ō|, as in soul and four. [Lessons 41, 43]

REVIEW the ou spelling with the short-vowel o sound |ŏ|, as in cough. The gh in these words makes either the |f| sound (cough) or is silent (ought).
[Lessons 81 and 85]

V REVIEW the ou spelling with the |ů| sound, as in could. [Lesson 70]

REVIEW the our spelling with the murmur diphthong sound |ər|, as in journey. [Lesson 69]

Review: ou

VI REVIEW words containing ou.

Is wound being used as a noun, a verb, or an adjective? Context will determine which word is intended.

Route may be pronounced either |ü| or |ow|.

Your can be pronounced with the |ōr| or |ər| sound.