ou ow have several sounds

Is this jaguar camouflaged in his jungle?

Let's look at the six sounds of ou and ow.

1. ou ow as the ouch sound: mouse, cow

2. ou ow as long o: crow, though, throw

3. ou as short u in much: enough, trouble

4. ou as zoo: you, cougar, caribou

5. ou as could, would, should

6. ou as: fawn, thought

1) Same-sound word families; ou ow as in ouch: 

out           doubt      loud      crowd    cow   how   ground     found      howl     count
snout       about      cloud    proud    now   wow   around   pound  prowl  amount
        

2) ou ow as long o; I am using the hard words. You will be able to think of the easy rhymes.
blow    show     throw          shadow     yellow    minnow    arrow      boulder     
glow    snow    though         swallow    mellow   window    narrow    shoulder   
slow    know    although      hollow       fellow     pillow      sparrow

3) ou as much, touch, double, trouble:
double  enough  rough   couple   cousin       
trouble  slough   tough   country  camouflage

Slough as in, the snake sloughed its old skin.
Notice slough as sloo: a marsh, a swamp, or to feel depressed, as in a blue slough

4) ou as oo in zoo: you, through, soup, group, cougar, caribou, kinkajou 

5) ou as could, would, should, silhouette

6) ou as fawn, bought, caught, thought:
bought    fought    thought
brought   taught    ought

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