1

O->T

bought, brought, fought, caught, sought, taught, thought 

I bought it and brought it. 

You fought it and caught it. 

They sought it and taught it. 

When was the last time you bought yourself some clothes?

When was the last time you brought a friend home for a meal?

When was the last time you fought for your rights?

When was the last time you caught the bus?

When was the last time you sought the truth about a matter and then found it?

When was the last time you taught someone something?

2

@f – @f – @f vs. of – of 

Tough, rough, enough vs. cough, trough 

It’s tough and rough enough to cough near the trough.

Talk about a tough situation you have gone through.

Talk about a rough period of your life.

How much money is enough to have a good life?

When was the last time you had a cough?

Have you ever seen a trough in real life?

3

aaf – aaf – aaft vs. u – u

laugh, laughter, draught vs. through, throughout 

They laugh with loud laughter in the draught that comes through the window throughout the year.

What kinds of things make you laugh?

Do you have a person around you whose laughter sounds really horrible?

What can you do to stop the draught from coming in through the gaps in the windows and doors? 

What can you see through your bedroom window?

Where is the weather lovely throughout the year? 

4

@ @ – @ @ vs. br@

thoroughly, borough vs. Peterborough 

Look thoroughly at the words borough and Peterborough; are they the same? 

Why is it important to think things through thoroughly before acting on them? 

 How many boroughs does London have?

What is the population of Peterborough? 

5

ou – ou – ou – ou – ou – ou 

although, even though, though, dough, doughnut 

Although and even though both have though in them but not dough in them; dough is for doughnuts, right? 

Although/Even though/Though you have three ways of saying aunque in English, which one do you use the most?

How do you find the task of kneading dough?

Do you like eating doughnuts? 

6

eau – eaut

plough, drought 

Should you plough hard in the drought; that is the question! 

How did they plough soil in the past compared to nowadays? 

What are the effects of a drought on the region and the people?