Speech Work: Consonants /k/ and /g/

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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

JSS1: ENGLISH LANGUAGE - 1ST TERM

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Speech Work: Consonants /k/ and /g/

Topic Content:

Describing the Sound /k/:

Describing the Sound /g/:

Sound Contrast: /g/ & /k/