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aw, au, al words

aw at the end, au in the middle. A free 2nd grade spelling list: hear each word, print a practice sheet, or take the test.

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The words

  • saw
  • draw
  • haul
  • ball
  • salt
  • paw
  • straw
  • claw
  • yawn
  • crawl
  • launch
  • sauce
  • call
  • tall
  • small
  • fall
  • all
  • always
  • autumn
  • calm
  • hall
  • taught
  • wall
  • jaw
  • lawn
  • dawn
  • hawk
  • raw
  • law
  • chalk
  • pause
  • cause
  • mall
  • stall
  • halt

Tricky words to learn by heart

These come up alongside this pattern but don't follow it.

  • talk
  • walk
  • half

In a sentence

  • saw: The dwarf saw a log in half with his tool.
  • draw: The elf can draw a map of the forest.
  • haul: The giants haul the big stones up the hill.
  • ball: The little dragon played with a red ball.
  • salt: The sailor added a pinch of salt to the soup.
  • paw: The kitten put its soft paw on my shoe.

Mistakes to watch for

For grown-ups helping at home: these are the kinds of slips this pattern tends to bring.

WordOften written as
sawsau, soh
drawdrah, droe
haulhawl, haule
ballbaul, bol
saltsawlt, saltt

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A sample practice sheet for a hero named BraveOtter42, with the letters ai and ou blanked out of words and sentences to fill in.
Sample practice sheet
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