Home > Lesson 3: Friendly Connections > Unit 3.1 What are friendly consonant sounds?
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#1. The four friendly consonant sounds are:
#2. Like VC connections, friendly consonant sounds enable ________ sound connections.
#3. True or false: friendly consonant sounds do not move forward in CC connections.
#4. True or false: every friendly consonant sound moves forward in CV connections.
ng does not move forward in CV or CC connections.
#5. After pronouncing a friendly consonant sound as the first sound in a ________ connection, our mouth and tongue are in a ________ position, ready to pronounce the next consonant sound.
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Discussion
- Do you use the sounds m, n, ng, and l in this way in your L1? Why? / Why not?
Practice
- Practice the phrases with friendly consonant sounds on slide 6.
- Practice the phrases on slide 8, as they change from bad CV connections into good VC connections.
- Practice the phrases with ng on slide 9, then write ten more phrases with a syllable ending in ng meeting a word – starting with either a vowel or consonant sound. For example: ‘sing a song with love’. Practice saying them out loud.
- Write a word ending in m then a word starting with a consonant sound, e.g., ‘home time’. Practice saying this friendly connection. Try writing more examples and say them out loud.
- Write a word ending in n then a word starting with a consonant sound, e.g., ‘one day’. Practice saying this friendly connection. Try writing more examples and say them out loud.
- Write a word ending in ng then a word starting with a consonant sound, e.g., ‘bring me’. Practice saying this friendly connection. Try writing more examples and say them out loud.
- Write a word ending in l then a word starting with a consonant sound, e.g., ‘will you’. Practice saying this friendly connection. Try writing more examples and say them out loud.
- In each case above, notice where your tongue is and how your mouth – after saying the friendly consonant sound – is ready to pronounce the next consonant sound.
- Practice trying to move forward friendly consonant sounds in CC connections on slide 16. Notice how difficult it is. That’s why we don’t do it!