Welcome to the practice page for /ɔ/ vowel (as in ‘Thought’) in General American English (GenAm).

/ɔ/ Words

Thought	Boss	Aw	Strong	Caught
Cross	Paw	Caught	Wrong	Moth
Long	Dog	All	Gloss	Brought
Wall	Broad	Fall	Tall	Halls
Calls	Bought	Haul	Ought	Walk

/ɔ/ Phrases- Repeated Occurrence

Long song	Bought cloth	Fall ball	Dawn drawn	Broth froth
Gone wrong	Call Ross	Mauve wall	Lawn moss	Fought loss
Sloth jaw	Dog paw	Strong pause	Hawk squawk	Caught pawn
Lost cause	Tall cross	Boss called	Broad halls	Walk hall
Moth balls	Lawn fawn	All gloss	Gnaw paws	Long call

/ɔ/ Phrases- Single Occurrence

Cough loud	The halls	Terry cloth	New dawn	Aw cute
Luna moth	Chess pawn	I thought	Loud squawk	Ought to
Slow sloth	Walk away	Found moths	Wrong one	All done
See hawk	Moss rock	Hi y’all	Meet Shawn	Fall down
Brought home	Know Ross	Dental floss	Gnaw paws	Tall guy

/ɔ/ Sentences- Repeated Occurrence

I’ll call Ross about fall ball	I thought the song was very long
They painted the long halls mauve	It’s a long haul with the dog
Don’t cross your boss Paul	Better Call Saul is a long series
The long pause meant it had gone wrong	The loud hawk squawk scared the fawn
There is a cute fawn on the lawn in the moss	The cloth has lots of mothballs

/ɔ/ Sentences- Single Occurrence

Add chicken broth to the soup	The formal ball is tonight
Don’t cross the double yellow line	We are painting one accent wall
The coffee froth is a heart shape	We caught a fish in the lake
There is a big mall in Minnesota	I do eat raw cookie dough
These clothes are for cleaning	This is my favorite song