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.

  These are the consonants in the alphabet.

  Solution

  M, S, V, T, and B are consonants.
  A, E, I, O, and U are vowels.

• Identifying Consonant Letter Sounds with Pictures

  Hints

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

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

  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 practice their Consonant Letter Sounds.

  Hints

  After listening to each sound, look closely at each of the consonant choices.
  Are there any consonants that you can eliminate? You will not use every consonant choice.

  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.
  W makes the /w/ sound.
  M makes the /m/ sound.
  N makes the /n/ sound.
  Y makes the /y/ sound.

• Identifying Consonant 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.
  X, box. C, cake. G, gum. F, fish. Q, quilt. D, door.

  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 /k/ sound.
  G makes the /g/ sound.
  F makes the /f/ sound.
  Q makes the /q/ sound.
  D makes the /d/ sound.

• What sound does the consonant letter K make?

  Hints

  Listen to each of the sounds carefully. Are there any sounds you can eliminate? There is only 1 correct answer choice.

  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.

• Matching Consonant Letters & Pictures.

  Hints

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

  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.

  Let's look at yak. Say yak aloud. What main consonant letter sound do you hear? Y!

  X is a special case.
  Find the box. When we say box, we can hear /ks/ at the end of this word. X makes the /ks/ sound.

  Solution

  • X, box
  • S, sock
  • B, bird
  • D, door
  • F, fish
  • G, gum
  • M, moon
  • N, net
  • Q, quilt
  • Y, yak