Consonant Letter Sounds

Consonant Letter Sounds exercise

• Where are the consonants in this picture?

  Hints

  The alphabet has two kinds of letters: vowels and consonants.

  • Which letters are vowels and which letters are consonants?
  • Highlight the consonants only.

  The vowels in the alphabet are a, e, i, o and u which can be seen in blue.

  These are the consonants in the alphabet.

  Solution

  The consonants on this hopscotch are m, s, v, t and b.

  The other letters (a, e, i, o and u) are vowels.

• Can you find the matching pairs?

  Hints

  We can use keywords to help us remember the sounds each consonant makes. What sound does the keyword start with?

  Let's look at the letter j. The keyword is jam. What sound does j make at the beginning of jam?

  Listen to the example. This is the consonant j.

  Solution

  h, hot, /h/
  j, jam, /j/
  p, pot, /p/
  r, road, /r/
  z, zip, /z/

• Help Kala and Dee practise their consonant letter sounds.

  Hints

  After listening to each sound, look closely at each of the consonant choices.

  We can use keywords to help us remember the sounds each consonant makes. Say each consonant and keyword aloud.

  Solution

  L makes the /l/ sound.
  M makes the /m/ sound.
  S makes the /s/ sound.
  W makes the /w/ sound.
  Y makes the /y/ sound.

• Can you identify the letter sounds?

  Hints

  Look at each consonant. Can you name them? Say the name for each consonant aloud.

  We can use special keywords to help us remember the main sound each letter makes. Do you remember the keyword for each of the consonants here?

  Read each consonant and the keyword picture aloud.

  Let's look at the consonant x and the word box. We can hear the sound that this consonant makes at the end of the word box.

  Solution

  • x makes the /ks/ sound.
  • c makes the /c/ sound.
  • g makes the /g/ sound.
  • f makes the /f/ sound.
  • q makes the /qu/ sound.
  • d makes the /d/ sound.

• What sound does the consonant letter k make?

  Hints

  Listen to each of the sounds again carefully.

  We can use keywords to help us remember the sounds each consonant makes. Do you remember what keyword goes with the letter k?

  Say the consonant aloud. Say the word key aloud. What sound do you hear?

  Solution

  K makes the /k/ sound.

• Match keywords and consonants

  Hints

  Look at each picture. Say the word aloud. What initial consonant letter sound do you hear?

  All of the keywords have the consonant sounds at the beginning of the word apart from x.

  Let's look at yak. Say yak aloud. What sound does it begin with?

  Let's look at an example. Say the letter, keyword and sound aloud:

  R, road, /r/.

  Repeat these steps for the other keyword pictures provided.

  Solution

  • x, box
  • s, sock
  • b, bird
  • d, door
  • f, fish
  • g, gate
  • m, moon
  • n, net
  • q, quilt
  • y, yak