/ ɔ: /----- [al, ar, au, aw,.]

      [al, ar, au, aw, oar, or ]           / ɔ: /       awe          78

Ball, Ozee’s grandpa is a warm, bald and tall man.                

He drinks quite a lot of plain water (/ˈwɔ:tǝ/) every day.

Of course, he likes to drink tea or coffee more.

He likes to go to the civic hall in town

 to meet all his old friends.

He always likes to call them

at dawn (/dɔ:n/) for the meeting.

Then they will go to the food stall in a mall

to eat vegetables raw.

They all like rojak

and they always order (/ˈɔ:dǝ/) a whole big bowl.

[ a, al, all, ar ]            / ɔ:  /                awe                  79

Ball, Ozee’s grandpa likes to talk

about World (/w3:ld/) War II.              

He always talks about how he got injured

 when he walked about in August (/ˈɔ:gǝst/)

during World War II to warn the villagers of the war.

He had a short stay in a small ward (/wɔ:d/)

with so many injured soldiers.

He can always remember a man

he saw with a broad jaw (/ʤɔ:/).

He groaned in pain on a board in a corner (/ˈk ɔ:nə(r)/).

His both hands looked so coarse.

His voice sounded really hoarse (/hɔ:s/)

that always daunted and haunted him all the time.

[ al, au, aw, or, oor ]           / ɔ: /         awe          80

One of Sean’s uncle called Paul is a lawyer.                          

He studied law in Australia ten years ago.

He often gives talk on the topic related to laws (/lɔ:z/).

Sean thinks law is boring (/ˈbɔ:rIŋ/).

He always feels bored

when Paul, his uncle talks about laws.

But he is really puzzled and always wonders (ˈwʌdəz)

why his audience laud and applaud (/əˈpl ɔ:d/) so much

when he talks (/tɔ:ks/) about laws.

His wife, Pauline, his son, Lawrence

and his daughter, Audery laugh

and hoot all the time

Sean thinks maybe his English is too poor

to understand the laws Paul, his uncle  talks about.

[ al, aw  ]          / ɔ: /                 awe          81

Sean’s mum Mdm Chan has a pet cat called Yoyo.                

Mdm Chan really adores Yoyo, her pet cat.

Yoyo, Mdm Chan pet cat has really long sharp claws

and four fat, big paws.

She likes to eat fish raw.

She can eat a lot.

Mdm Chan always says,

“My pet cat is not fat nor thin.”

Sean will always quips saying,

 “Your pet cat is plump, mum.”

She often crawls out of the house

to look for her friends, Aw, Kaw and Naw  

She likes to go out at dawn.

She yawns (jɔ:nz) all the way out

and then all the way home.

        [al, au, or ]                / ɔ: /                 awe                          82

Mdm Moh, Sean’s aunt thinks that her son,                          

Pow should take part in some sports (/spɔ:ts/).

She thinks he can play basketball.

She always says, “You are not tall nor short.”

Nor, Pow’s sister, always quips saying,

“He is in normal height.”

Mdm Moh always thinks that Pow needs

some more exercise to grow taller.

She thinks horse (/hɔ:s/) riding

or swimming is good for him.

He also needs to learn some music to tone up.

He may learn some sort of string chord (/kɔ:d/)

or choral singing.

He should be more participative in household chores, too.

        [ all, aw, or  ]             / ɔ: /                 awe                          83

Pow must go for all subject tuition every afternoon                        

from Monday to Friday.

He needs  English tuition for two evenings.

Bahasa Malaysia is also important (/Imˈpɔ:tǝnt/).

He needs  Bahasa Malaysia tuition for 2 evenings, too.

The Chinese subject also needs some attention.

He may go for one evening.

He has drawing lessons every Saturday morning.

He has to go for horse riding

or swimming every Saturday afternoon.

He may go shopping with the family

on Saturday evenings.

On Sunday mornings, he must go

to church, mosque or temple

to learn some core (/k ɔ: (r)/) values.

On Sunday afternoons, he may call

or play with his friends.

For Sunday evenings, yes, he may relax at home

with some board (/bɔ:d/) games.