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English
Quarter 4 – Module 8: Irregularly Spelled Words,
Vowel Digraphs and Diphthongs

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 English - Grade 3
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Quarter 4 - Module 8: Irregularly Spelled Words, Vowel Digraphs and
Diphthongs
First Edition, 2020
 
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LESSON Irregularly Spelled Words, Vowel
8 Digraphs and Diphthongs
What I Need to Know
Recognize and read some irregularly spelled words, Vowel
Digraphs and Diphthongs. (EN3PWR-IVj-22).

What I Know

Encircle the correctly spelled word in each number.

1. enough enuohg enuogh
2. truogh trouhg trough
3. beuatiful bueatiful beautiful
4. beach baech bech
5. hows house haws

What’s In

Directions: The words below are not spelled correctly. Write the correct
spelling on the line next to the word.

1. 2.

ouseh _______ owc ______

3. 4.

rood _______ sohe ______

5.

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 hoko _______

What’s New

Directions: Read the poem. Take note of the underlined words.

What Should I do?

By: Ma. Criselda G. Ocang

What should I do?

The times are tough, the trees are gone
The path is rough; the garbage is around
we need to do something John
What should I do?
Should I go and campaign
though resources are limited
Or plant a tree with a friend
although time is restricted?
Should I stand still and eat dough instead
Or go and till the soil and let boughs grow?
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Fill in the table with words being underlined in the poem.

What is It

The underlined words in the poem are irregularly spelled words.

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 Irregularly spelled words are words that is spelled contrary to the way
it is sound. Spelled differently and sound differently makes a word spelled
irregularly. A word maybe spelled irregularly if it contains vowel digraphs and
diphthongs. Beginning spellers misspelled the word because it does not follow
regular sounds of the alphabet.

Example:
1. cow – the diphthong /aʊ/ in cow is represented as the digraph
“ow”.
Eg. Mouth, house, brown, out, pout, scout

2. rough – the digraph gh will sometimes make no sound when reading

words containing it. Other times it will make an f sound that causes the
speller to misspell the word.
Eg. enough, plough, though, through , slough

3. said – the digraph ai stands for the diphthong e makes the word an
irregularly spelled word.

Look for the chart below for more words with irregular spellings.
/oo/ /ṓ/ /uf/ /au/ /ea/ /oi/ /ow/
book mother enough august beach coin flower
hook brother through saw leaf boil now

Vowel Diphthongs and Digraphs

IPA Symbol Word examples
ɪə Near, ear, clear, tear, beer, fear
eə Hair, there, care, stairs, pear
eɪ Face, space, rain , case, eight
ɔɪ Joy, employ, toy, coil, oyster.
aɪ My, sight, pride, kind, flight
əʊ No, don’t, stones, alone, hole
aʊ Mouth, house, brown, cow, out

What’s More

Find and circle the spelling words in the puzzle below.

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 through rough plough cow
slough though enough coin
august cloud bread book
read boy hook saw
heal ripe sign hype
h o p l a u g u s t a c
o c l o u d t h r e a c
o s o t h o u g h a l o
k a u g t h r o u g h i
s i g n s t b r e a d n
l t h r a h l o s b e t
o r c o w r e u t o p s
u e g e n o u g h y p e
g a l d o o a h e a l s
h d b o o k s h r i p e

Fill in the table with words having the sound indicated in each column base on
the puzzle answered.

/oo/ /ṓ/ /uf/ /au/ /ea/ /oi/ /ow/

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What I Have Learned

Directions: Complete the sentence by filling up the missing words in the blank.
Choose your answer from the word box.

spelled sound irregularly

vowel digraphs diphthongs spellers

_________ spelled words are words that is spelled contrary to the way it

is sound. _______ differently and _______ differently makes a word spelled

irregularly. A word maybe spelled irregularly if it contains _________ and

__________. Beginning spellers misspelled the word because it does not follow

regular sounds of the alphabet.

What Can I Do?

Directions: Read the direction in each item and do what is asked.

1. Color the picture whose name

has diphthong ow.

2. Circle the picture whose name

has vowel digraph oo.

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 3. Put / mark on the picture whose
name has vowel digraph /aʊ/

4. Heart the picture whose name

has vowel digraph oe.

5. Put X mark on the picture whose name

have vowel digraph ee.

Assessment
Directions: Read each sentence. Underline the irregularly
spelled words.

1. The frog’s skin is very rough.

2. Ben is painting his sister’s house.

3. Mother is taking us to the beach.

4. He dug a hole in the earth.

5. The rock is rough.

Additional Activities

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 Directions: Guess the word being described and write it on the space provided.
Choose your answer from the box of irregularly spelled words.
breath candle fire heart

1. I am not alive, but I grow; I don't have lungs, but I need air; I don't have
a mouth, but water kills me. What am I? ___________________
2. My life can be measured in hours, I serve by being devoured. Thin, I am
quick. Fat, I am slow. Wind is my foe. What am I?
___________________
3. This is as light as a feather, yet no man can hold it for long. What am I?
___________________
4. The more you take away, the more I become. What am I?
___________________

Answer Key

Assessment What's More WhatI Know

What’s In
1. house
2. cow 9
3. door
 What I know What Can I do Additional
1. enough 1.cow activities
References 2.trough 2.book 1. fire
3. beautiful 3. house 2. heart
4. beach 4. shoe 3. candle
5.house 5.sheep 4. breath

What’s New

tough gone rough garbage ground

something should campaign though resources
friend although dough soil boughs

References: Lets Get Better in Reading-Grade 3

Learners’ Material First Edition 2014 ISBN: 978-621-402-040-9

K to 12 BASIC EDUCATION CURRICULUM K to 12 English Curriculum

Guide December 2013 Page 49 of 170 GRADE 3

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