/ ɒ / ------[ o ]

Letter(s)                    Phoneme              Helping Word

[ o ]                            / ɒ /                           hot                   51

Dr Vet’s pet dog, Jet likes to lie flat

besides a log (/lɒg/).                  

At times, he likes to hop like a frog

when he plays with the hog.

Sometimes, he also tries to jog (/ʤɒg/)

in the bog to show off.

Once in a while, Jet acts bossy (/ˈbɒsI/)

and stomps about like a cop.

But he always dodges to meet,

Dr Vet’s pet donkey, Doss.

When they chance to meet,

he never bothers (ˈbɒðǝz) to look at him.

He thinks he quite likes Dollox, the star dolphin (ˈdɒlfIn).

He is friendly to Cox, the ox (/ɒks/).

He always greets Cox, the ox happily. 

  

   

[ o ]          / ɒ /                  hot                                    52

The weather got really hot the other (/ʌðə(r)/ day.                              

Jet, Dr Vet’s pet dog, wanted to go (/gəʊ/)

to a pond (pɒnd) for a swim.

Jet is fond of swimming in a pond.

It walked a long (lɒŋ) way to look

for the pond he has a bond.

It is near a lodge of somebody (/ˈsʌmb ə dI/).

He found it after a long search.

He had a lot (/lɒt/) of fun swimming around.

But he forgot the way home

He almost got lost in the bog.

He nearly got shot by a hunter

who mistook it to be a wild hog (/hɒg/).

Jet yelped and barked to tell the hunter

he was actually somebody’s pet dog.