Welcome to the practice page for /aʊ/ vowel (as in ‘Mouth’) in General American English (GenAm).
Ow | Mouth | Out | Clown | Wow |
Scout | Sprout | Drought | Shout | Howl |
Doubt | Snout | Grout | Clout | Vow |
Frown | Yowl | Doubt | Laos | Crowd |
House | Crown | Brown | Mouse | Ground |
/aʊ/ Phrases- Repeated Occurrence |
Bow down | Wow pow | Found house | Out now | Loud crowd |
Scowl brow | Grouch slouch | Plowed route | Slouched down | Shout out |
Owl yowled | Clown snout | Wowed crowd | Jowl frown | Count doubts |
Cow snouts | Counts blouse | Proud foul | Shout loud | Ow ouch |
How now | Proud foul | Brown cow | Mouse house | Ground down |
/aʊ/ Phrases- Repeated Occurrence |
Boat bow | Funny clown | Thou art | Brown shirt | Cows fence |
Wowed me | Big mouth | Out of town | Oust him | One hour |
Boy scouts | Water drought | Green sprout | Use noun | No sound |
Lobster pound | Leaps and blouse | Route one | Tub grout | Count on |
Red couch | Big crowd | Round shape | Mount picture | Lost and found |
/aʊ/ Sentences- Single Occurrence |
He howled ow, ouch that hurt | She slouched down on the brown couch |
The royal crown wowed the crowd | Take the two-hour route to town |
Clowns can’t frown or scowl | The mouse in the house has a spouse |
Her brown brows are scowling | The boy scouts are proud of their clout |
Take the flower out of the vase now | Can you count aloud for an hour |
/aʊ/ Sentences- Repeated Occurrence |
Ouch, you stepped on my toe | Winfield is a sleepy little town |
How are you doing today | The south is hot and humid |
The endowment is one million dollars | They will allow you to go |
It’s about time we go home | Our favorite show is Breaking Bad |
We need flour for the cake | They did count all of the votes |