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Quizzes
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JSS1: English Language 1st Term Examination - Section A | Essay
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JSS1: English Language 1st Term Examination - Section B | Comprehension
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JSS1: English Language 1st Term Examination - Section C | Objectives
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JSS1: English Language 1st Term Examination - Section D | Test of Orals
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JSS1: English Language 1st Term Examination - Section E | Literature
Topic Content:
- Describing the Sound /k/
- Describing the Sound /g/
- Sound Contrast: /g/ & /k/
Describing the Sound /k/:
During the production of this sound, the back of the tongue makes contact with the velum. This contact results in a total obstruction of air. The vocal cords are widened and do not allow any vibration.
/k/ is voiceless and it has many spelling symbols, examples are: rake, fake, rock, mark, cock, sick, and quill.
Note: /k/ is silent in the following words: know, knot, knowledge, knife, kneel, knorr, knee.
Describing the Sound /g/:
The back of the tongue makes contact with the velum. This contact results in a total obstruction. The vocal cords are narrowed for air to force through causing vibration during the production of /g/.
/g/ is voiced and it is regularly spelt with “g” and “gg”
Examples are:
“g”: gun, rag, good, gum, girl, give
“gg”: luggage, lagging, aggregate, bigger
“gh”: ghost, ghastly
Sound Contrast: /g/ & /k/
| /g/ | /k/ |
| Gap | Cap |
| Grass | Class |
| Good | Could |
| Bag | Back |
| Goat | Coat |
| Grew | Crew |
| Gill | Kill |
Evaluation:
- List ten words that have the sound /g/
- Give ten words that have the sound /k/
- Contrast the following words on /g/ and /k/: decreeA decree is an official order given by a government or by a person with power. For example, the president can issue a decree making a particular day a national holiday.... More, back, crate, cot, bag, degree, grate, got, class cable, glass gable
Assignment:
Give a short description of /k/ and /g/ and illustrate the two sounds with five examples each.
For example:
| /k/ | /g/ |
| back | girl |
EVALUATION
List 10 words that have the sound /g/
1. got
2. gap
3. gate
4. gorilla
5. golf
6. goat
7. ghost
8. gun
9.gas
10. gang
Write 10 words that have the sound /k/
1. kite
2. keep
3. cat
4. kept
5. curse
6. kill
7. cast
8. kitten
9. coat
10. keen
Contrast the following words on /g/ and /k/
degree, back, crate, cot, bag, decree, grate, got, class, cable, glass, gable
/g/ /k/
degree decree
bag back
grate crate
got cot
glass class
gable cable