/əʊ/ as in "load" · /aʊ/ as in "loud"
| load | loud |
| phoned | found |
| road | rowed (argued) |
| row (with oars in a boat) | row (argue) |
| rote | rout |
| oat | out |
| devote | devout |
| moaned | mound |
| code | cowed |
| stoat | stout |
| goat | gout |
| clone | clown |
| known | noun |
| drone | drown |
| bowl | bowel |
| tone | town |
| hoe | how |
| coach | couch |
| dose | douse |
| foal | fowl |
Read the words aloud, concentrating on the difference between the two vowel sounds.