Listen to the two sounds /g/ and /k/. Look at the mouth diagram to see how to make these sounds. Notice that in the sound /g/, there is voice from the throat. In /k/, there is no voice from the throat. When you say this sound, you can feel the air on your hand when you put it in front of your mouth.
G can be silent (sign, foreign). The vowel sound is a bit longer before /g/ than before /k/ in pairs like bag and back.
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/k/
С (can) К (king)
CC (soccer) CK (locker)
К (milk) CK (black) С (comic) CH (ache)
QU spells the sound /kw/, e.g. quick/kwik/. X spells the sound /ks/, e.g. six/siks/. In some words beginning with K, the К is silent, e.g. know, knife.
Add the sound /g/ or /k/ to the beginning of these words and write the new words. Remember: think of sounds, not spelling. For example, if you add /k/ to the beginning of water /wot∂/, you get quarter /kwo:t∂/. The sound is similar but the spelling is completely different! Example: eight gate
Complete the second line to rhyme with the first line, using a word from the box. Then listen and repeat.
rocks cake ache locker key bigger queue kitchen six ask
Example: He dressed for soccer. And closed his locker
1 Kelly Collins couldn't figure, How to make the plants grow _______bigger 2 I'd like five bricks, No, make it _______six! 3 Mr Quinn ate so much steak, He came home with a stomach _______ache. 4 I saw a fox, Behind those _______rocks. 5 Clara saw a friend she knew. Standing quietly in the _______queue.
1 Ghost or coast? Did you see the ghost / coast? 2 Glasses or classes? I don't need glasses / classes. 3 Bag or back? My bag's / back's wet. 4 Goat or coat? She's lost her goat / coat.
Follow up: Record yourself saying the sentences in4, choosing one of the two words. Make a note of which words you say.Then listen to your recording in about two weeks. Is it clear whichwords you said?