Matching Letters to Consonant & Vowel Sounds— Let's Practice!

Matching Letters to Consonant & Vowel Sounds— Let's Practice! exercise

• Matching letters to vowel and consonant sounds.

  Hints

  Sound out the word:

  • pig
  • what sound does /i/ make?

  Here is a sentence that uses the word:

  • The pig is pink.

  Solution

  big is the answer.

  • /i/ makes the short i sound in pig and in big.

• Words and letter sounds.

  Hints

  Here is a word that uses the /s/ sound:

  • stick

  Here is another word that uses the /s/ sound:

  • words

  The /s/ sound can come anywhere in the word.

  Solution

  The words that use the /s/ sound are:

  • sun
  • sleep
  • ask
  • cookies

• Vowel and consonant sounds.

  Hints

  Here is an example:

  • (i or e) I need a p_n.
  • The answer is e.
  • I need a pen.

  Here is an example:

  • (d or s) Are you ma_?
  • The answer is d.
  • Are you mad?

  Solution

  • Dogs like to play.
  • The frog jumps.
  • I can kick the ball.
  • The flower is yellow.

• More practice.

  Hints

  Here is an example:

  • (u or a) C_n we go to the park?
  • The answer is a.
  • Can we go to the park?

  Here is an example:

  • (m or x) I am si_.
  • The answer is x.
  • I am six.

  Solution

  • My hot dog bun is hot.
  • The pan is hot.
  • Can I have a pencil?
  • The dress is red.

• Beginning sounds.

  Hints

  Which sound do you hear at the beginning of the word?

  Here is an example:

  igloo and in have the same beginning vowel sound.

  Solution

  The words that have the same beginning consonant or vowel sound are:

  • Taste has the same beginning sound as tree.
  • End has the same beginning sound as elephant.
  • Pet has the same beginning sound as pizza.

• Is it a consonant or a vowel?

  Hints

  Use the image of the alphabet to identify vowels and consonants. Vowels are in purple and consonants are in green.

  Here is an example of a word using a consonant:

  • book
  • /b/ is the consonant sound.

  Here is an example of a word using a vowel:

  • land
  • /a/ is the vowel sound.

  Solution

  consonants:

  • k
  • r
  • x

  vowels:

  • u
  • i
  • e