Unit 9-ough as in cough

Open your Spelling Workbook get ready to learn some new

vocabulary words.

• doughdough• thoughthough• althoughalthough

• coughcough• troughtrough

• roughrough• toughtough• enoughenough

• boughbough

• droughtdrought

• ploughplough

• thoughtthought

• noughtnought

• soughtsought

• boughtbought

doughdough

You have to have a lot of dough to be able to afford a Porche.

The secret to making quality bread is to kneed the dough only with the palm of your hand and not your fingers.

though/althoughthough/although

Though I enjoy going to school every day, I was excited to have the day off Wednesday because of the snow.

Although I enjoy going to school every day, I was excited to have the day off Wednesday because of the snow.

coughcough

I knew she was getting sicker because her cough got worse.

troughtrough

The pigs gathered at the trough to enjoy our dinner leftovers.

roughrough

My cat’s tongue was as rough as sandpaper when she licked my arm.

toughtough

My brother’s teacher gave him a really tough math problem to solve and he spent 1 hour on it.

enoughenough

The store has enough candy for everybody, so there is no need to push your way in.

boughbough

The white snow collected on the boughs of the trees, making the backyard seem like a gleaming winter wonderland.

droughtdrought

The severe drought caused the land to dry and crack.

plough

The old, wooden plough was replaced by a machine and now can only be seen in agriculture museums.

thought

I wanted to show what my character thought about his situation in the story, so I included a thought bubble in my illustration.

noughtThe Maya civilization was very advanced in

math; they were one of the first to have a symbol for the amount of nought, or zero.

sought

He sought out his brother yesterday to speak with him, but he was hiding in the doghouse.

bought

She always bought her groceries at Carrefour, until the new market opened to close to her house.

wrought