Let’s Learn about Consonant and Vowel Sounds:- After teaching Phonics second step is to teach kids the blending of two letters. but before that, we should tell them about vowels and consonants. We shared a table to explain Phonic sounds, Let’s learn about Vowels and Consonants.
Vowels: A sound which we can make with the free mouth, without being blocked. Vowels are the words that start with A, E, I, O, and U.
Example: Apple, Elephant, Insect, Owl, Utensil
We use “An” with these words as they are starting with the Vowels.
Vowels are of 3 types:
Long Vowel:There are 5 sounds in this pure vowel. | Short Vowel: | Diphthongs:There are 8 Sounds in this Vowel. |
|---|---|---|
Bath, Car, Safari Door, Saw, Walk Bird, Work, Hurt Sheep, Eagle, Field Moon, Grew, Through | Bit, Busy, Started Bed, Said, Dead Cat, Mat, Apple Cup, Up, Money Good, Put, Should Got, What, Because About, The, Police | Year, Beer Chair, There Joke, Vote They, Bath My, Dice Joy, Noise Out, Vow Poor, Moor |
Consonants: A sound that is not a vowel, here the breath is blocked on its way out of the mouth.
The English Letters: B, C, D, F, G, H, J, K, L, M, N, P, Q, R, S, T, V, X, Z, and W & Y are known as consonants.
Example: Boy, Cat, Dog & Snake.
We will use “A” with these.
There are 24 consonants in English, divided into 2 parts:
| Voiced Sounds- 15 Sounds | Voiceless Sounds-9 Sounds |
|---|---|
Ball, Hobby, Herb Dog, Added, Played Jam, Fudge, Danger Green, Hug, League Video, Move, Of This, With, Mother Has, Cozy, Zebra Visual, Leisure, Television Man, Lamb, Tummy No, Funny, Knife Sing, Uncle, Angry Yes, Onion, View Light, Feel, Smelly Right, Berry, Wrong Win, One, Where | Pen, Jump, Hopping Table, Little, Watched Itch, Chips, Picture Key, Car, Luck Fire, Laugh, Phone Thick, Teeth, Healthy See, City, Notice Shop, Nation, Special House, Hungry, Who |
Phonic (pronunciation) Table
| Sr. No | Capital Letter | Small Letter | Phonic (pronunciation) | As In |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | ah, ऐ | Apple, Axe |
| 2 | B | b | Bah, ब | Bat, Basket |
| 3 | C | c | Cah, क | Cake, Camera |
| 4 | D | d | Dah, ड | Doctor, Dice |
| 5 | E | e | Eh, ए | Egg, Elf |
| 6 | F | f | Fah, फ | Fish, Flower |
| 7 | G | g | Gah, ग | Goat, Gift |
| 8 | H | h | Hah, ह | Horse, Hawker |
| 9 | I | i | Ih, इ, आई | India, Island |
| 10 | J | j | Jah, ज | Jelly, Jar |
| 11 | K | k | Kah, क | King, Kettle |
| 12 | L | l | Lah, ल | Ladybird, Ladder |
| 13 | M | m | Mah, म | Monkey, Mango |
| 14 | N | n | Nah, न | Nest, Nail |
| 15 | O | o | Oh, ओ | Orchid, Otter |
| 16 | P | p | Pah, प | Peas, Pear |
| 17 | Q | q | Quah, क़्वा | Quill, Quilt |
| 18 | R | r | Rah, र | Radish, Rose |
| 19 | S | s | Sah, स | Snail, Sandwich |
| 20 | T | t | Tah, ट | Tap, Tree, Tulip |
| 21 | U | u | Uh, अ, यू | Umpire, Uniform |
| 22 | V | v | Vah, व | Van, Violin |
| 23 | W | w | Wah, वॉ | Watermelon, Well |
| 24 | X | x | X, क्स | X-mas tree, X-ray |
| 25 | Y | y | Yah, य | Yak, Yatch |
| 26 | Z | z | Zz, ज | Zero, Zip |
P.S- Every Voiceless sound has a similar Voiced sound.
Facts on Letters & Sounds:
- Letters are written, whereas Sounds are spoken.
- When we write, we use spellings (Alphabets) which have 26 Letters.
- When we speak, we use phonetics, which has 44 sounds.
- There are 44 sounds in English, divided into 3:
Vowels, Consonants, Diphthongs
- Alphabets letters= 26 letters, 44 sounds
- Vowels: 5 Letters =20 Sound
- Pure Vowels= 12 Sounds, Diphthongs=8 Sounds
- Consonants= 21 Letters=24 Sounds
- Voiced sound of consonants=15 Sounds
- Voiceless Sound of Consonants=9 Sounds
- Digraphs: It is a combination of two letters that make one completely speech Sound: “sh” in Shoe
These are the basic things, which I wanted to share with the kids.
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