Lesson 13. Cats and Dogs.
/k/ and /g/
Lesson 13; Part A
How to make the sound /k/ Look at the diagrams. Listen and say the sound. 1 Stop the air with the back of your tongue against the top of your mouth. 2 Move your tongue to release the air. If you hold a piece of paperin front of your mouth when you release the air, the paper moves. Target sound: /k∂/ | |
Lesson 13; Part B
Sound and spelling | |
/kw/ is often spelled qu. Listen and say these words. quick quiet quarter | |
/ks/ is often spelled x. Listen and say these words. fax six taxi | |
Note: The letter k is silent in a few words, e.g. know,knee, knife. Listen and say these sentences.1 Look in the kitchen cupboard. 2 Keep your keys in your pocket. |
Lesson 13; Part C
How to make the sound /g/ Look at the diagrams. Listen and say the sound. 1 Stop the air with the back of your tongue against the top of your mouth. 2 Move your tongue to release the air. /g/ is different from /k/ in two ways: 1 If you hold a piece of paper in front of your mouth when you release the air, the paper does not move. 2 There is voicing (vibration from the throat). Target sound: /g∂/ | ||
Listen and say the two sounds, /k∂/ /g∂/ |
Lesson 13; Part D
Sound and spelling /g/ is usually spelled g or gg. Listen and say these words. garden girl glass go gold ago hungry bag leg egg bigger | ; |
/gz/ is sometimes spelled x. Listen and say these words exam exactly | |
Note: The letter g is silent in some words, e.g. foreigner, sign, high, bought Note: There is usually no /g/ sound in words like sing, sings, singing, singer. Note: Some words have a silent u after g. Listen and say these words. guess guest dialogue | |
Now listen and say these sentences. 1 Can you guess the beginning of the dialogue? 2 Are you going jogging again? | |
Important for listening! You often don't hear /k/ or /g/ clearly in the middle or at the end of a word. Listen. 1 I li(k)ed the film - the a(c)ting was perfe(c)t 3 It was a dar(k) night. 2 Do you li(ke) fo(lk) musi(c)? 4 What's your do(g) called? |
Exercises
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