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#1. There are 7 out of 25 consonant sounds that do not move forward. They are:

h, hh, g, r, w, y, zz

h, hh, g, r, w, y, zz

h, hh, ng, r, v, y, zz

h, hh, ng, r, v, y, zz

h, h, ng, r, w, y, zz

h, h, ng, r, w, y, zz

h, hh, ng, r, w, y, zz

h, hh, ng, r, w, y, zz

#2. Apart from these seven sounds, all English consonant sounds can move forward ________.

in CV connections

in CV connections

in CC connections

in CC connections

in a few sound connections

in a few sound connections

in both CV and CC connections

in both CV and CC connections

#3. The four most common pairs of consonant sounds that move forward are:

z – s, d – t, y – k, v – f

z – s, d – t, y – k, v – f

z – sh, d – t, g – k, v – f

z – sh, d – t, g – k, v – f

z – s, d – t, g – l, v – f

z – s, d – t, g – l, v – f

z – s, d – t, g – k, v – f

z – s, d – t, g – k, v – f

#4. This course will help you to learn, just by looking at ________ connections, what to do to make a ________ connection.

syllable, CV

syllable, CV

syllable, good

syllable, good

friendly, good

friendly, good

syllable, bad

syllable, bad

#5. For example, you see a CV connection like ‘made of’ and you know to ________ the d sound: ‘ma dof’.

delete

delete

add

add

move forward

move forward

change

change

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Discussion

1. Research online and discuss: why does English spelling give us a variety of spelling patterns for the same sounds? Does your L1 do the same? If yes, why?
2. Before it is discussed in the next unit, speculate as to why  z  is – overwhelmingly – the most common sound to appear at the end of a syllable in English.

Practice

1. Say the groups of words on slides 7 and 8 out loud. Notice the different ways of spelling the same sounds.
2. Choose a sound, e.g.  v, and write two-word phrases with words in the group by adding words which start with either a vowel or consonant sound, e.g. ‘have a cake’ (CV) = HA VA CAKE and ‘have lunch’ (CC) = HA FLUNCH. Practice saying them out loud.
3. Write two-word phrases for each of the four sound pairs to show how the voiced consonant sound changes to unvoiced, e.g. ‘buzz which’ = BU SWHICH.

Further Study

• 5 Rules for Predicting Sounds from Spelling in English
• Spelling Rules
• Hard Words – FREE Online Course