Unit 9. Gate, Kate.
The Consonant Sounds /g/ and /k/
Unit 9; Part A
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. |
Unit 9; Part B
Now listen to the sound /g/ on its own. | ||
Listen to the target sound /g/ in the words below and compare it with the words on each side.
* This is the Scottish word for lake: the final consonant sound does not exist in English. | ||
Listen and repeat these examples of the target sound. ghost guess green bigger ago angry dog egg league |
Unit 9; Part C
Listen to the sound /k/ on its own. | ||
Listen to the target sound /k/ in the words below and compare it with the words on each side.
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Listen and repeat these examples of the target sound. keep club quick school soccer taxi milk comic ache |
Unit 9; Part B
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Exercises
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