oa in British English

Have you seen the multigraph 'oa' before? Have you read anything on it before? Well, in this lesson, I'm gonna tell you all there is about it.

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English Multigraph "oa"

'oa' as a digraph has some sounds that we are going to talk about here.

Digraphs are a set of two letters that stand together and produce a new sound.

Digraph oa
Name oa (pronounced /ˈəʊ ˈeɪ /)
Sound(s) /əʊ/, /ɔː/

The Digraph 'oa'

Sound 1: /əʊ/

'oa' always stands in the middle of words and sounds /əʊ/:

approach /əˈprəʊtʃ/

boat /bəʊt/

coat /kəʊt/

soak /səʊk/

Sound 2: /ɔː/

'oa' also sounds /ɔː/:

abroad /əˈbrɔːd/

broadcast /ˈbrɔːd.kɑːst/

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