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Topic 1: Listening and Speaking

Unit 1: Consonant Sounds

English • Grade 3

🔑 Key Terms and Concepts

Consonant sounds: Sounds made by blocking or partly blocking air with the tongue, teeth or lips. Examples: /b/, /d/, /f/, /k/, /s/.
Alliteration: Words or sentences that start with the same consonant sound. Example: “A hungry hare is here.”
Rhyming words: Words that end with the same sound. Example: cat, mat, bat, fat.
Soft c: When letter c makes the /s/ sound (as in cinema, face, nice).
Hard c: When letter c makes the /k/ sound (as in cat, cup, cold).
Soft g: When letter g makes the /j/ sound (as in giant, giraffe, page).
Hard g: When letter g makes the /g/ sound (as in go, bag, girl).
Magic e: The silent e at the end of a word that can change the sound of the letter before it (for example, making c soft in “nice”).

Teacher’s Tip: Learn one sound and its alternatives each week. Practise by reading poems, singing rhymes and saying tongue twisters. Do not try to read the whole unit at once!

✨ Alliteration

Alliteration is when words start with the same consonant sound.

Read these pairs aloud. Listen to the beginning sound:

Here — hare Fair — fore Smell — spell

When two or more sentences begin with the same first sound, they make alliteration. Read these sentences aloud:

A hungry hare is here.
Six sets of sweaters were sold.
Draw a shabby shirt on a sheet of paper.
Shadia showed me a shiny shirt button.

🌟 Did You Know?

Alliteration is used a lot in tongue twisters and poems because it is fun to say and helps us remember the words!

✏️ Quick Revision

What is alliteration?

Alliteration is when words or sentences start with the same consonant sound.

Give one example of alliteration from the sentences above.

Any of: “A hungry hare is here”, “Six sets of sweaters were sold”, etc.

🎵 Rhyming Words

Words that end with the same sound are said to rhyme. They can end with the same vowel sound or the same consonant sound.

Read these sets and notice how they rhyme:

Pat, cat, mat, bat, fat
Fox, box, ox, socks
Sea, bee, see, tea, fee

Activity 1 – Find the Rhymes

Read the sentences. The underlined words rhyme:

Tie a tie and untie it.
That fat bat is bad.
The van has a big fan.

✏️ Quick Revision

What are rhyming words?

Words that end with the same sound.

Which words rhyme with “cat”?

Pat, mat, bat, fat (and many others like hat, sat).

🅱️ Sound /b/

Read these words with the /b/ sound aloud:

beanbibbinboltbatbeef tabbestbedbakecubeweb

Activity 2 – Poems with /b/

Read these poems in pairs. Listen for the many /b/ sounds (alliteration).

A bedbug in a bottle

Belinda has a bottle,

The bottle is in the bag,

The bag belongs to Betty.

A bug is in the bottle,

A bedbug with a brown belly,

It is a big bedbug,

The bedbug is a bad bug.

A bean in a bin

Bill is a boy,

He has a ball and a balloon,

He also has a bike,

The bike is behind the barn.

There is a bin in the barn,

The bin has a bean,

A black bat is on the bin.

✏️ Quick Revision

Say three words that begin with the /b/ sound.

Examples: bean, bat, ball, bag, boy, bike, bedbug…

©️ Sounds for Letter “c”

Letter c has two main sounds:

/k/ sound (hard c) – as in cat, cup
/s/ sound (soft c) – as in cinema, peace

Hard c – sound /k/

cancupcoatcrabcakecamp copcoolcowcoldcandleclaw

Soft c – sound /s/

Words ending in “ce” often have the soft /s/ sound because of the magic e.

pacepricecinemalacefacenice celerycenturytwicetraceDecemberdice spacereplace

Remember: Soft c usually comes before the letters e, i or y (city, ice, cycle).

✏️ Quick Revision

What sound does “c” make in the word “cat”?

/k/ (hard c)

What sound does “c” make in the word “nice”?

/s/ (soft c)

Write one word with hard c and one word with soft c.

Hard: cup / cake / cold Soft: face / cinema / space

🇩 Sound /d/

Read these words with the /d/ sound:

daddoordinnerdeaddark birdradioladydendive studyideaaddbadload mudbodyred

Poem with /d/

There is a doll on the table,

There is a dice on the floor,

Dad and Dan sit for dinner.

It is a delicious dinner,

It is doughnuts and noodles.

🇫 Sound /f/

Read these words with the /f/ sound:

feastfatfeelphonefunfix footfinephotofitfullfowl lifelaughcalfhalfcliff

“ph” making /f/ sound

The letters ph also make the /f/ sound:

photographelephantdolphinphone phonicstrophyalphabetnephew

Poem with /f/

Friday is a fine day,

Full of fun and flare,

We feel fine and fit.

We feast with friends,

We take photos with phones.

✏️ Quick Revision

What sound do the letters “ph” make?

/f/ sound (as in phone, elephant, photo)

🇬 Sounds for Letter “g”

Letter g also has two main sounds:

Hard g – sound /g/ (like “goal”)

gluegungiftglittergobig baggivekeggateruggame froglegwagongoldgirl

Soft g – sound /j/ (like “jug”)

We call this “soft g”. Examples:

giantgymenergyangel giraffegentlepagecage arrangeorange

Read: An orange is in the cage.

Remember: Soft g usually comes before e, i or y (giant, giraffe, gym).

✏️ Quick Revision

Is the “g” in “girl” hard or soft?

Hard g (/g/)

Is the “g” in “giant” hard or soft?

Soft g (/j/)

🔤 More Consonant Sounds to Practise

In this unit you will also practise many other consonant sounds. Here are some important ones:

Sound /h/

whohousehairhookhip herehardhamhut

Sound /j/ (and letter “j”)

As in: jug, jam, jump, jelly, jacket

Sound /k/ (and “ck”, “qu”)

As in: kite, duck, black, queen, quick, quiet

Sound /l/ and /m/

/l/ – lamp, lemon, ball, full
/m/ – man, milk, swim, thumb

Sound /n/ and /p/

/n/ – nose, nest, sun, fan
/p/ – pen, pig, cup, hop

Sound /r/ and /s/

/r/ – red, run, car, star
/s/ – sun, snake, bus, race

Sound /t/ and /v/

/t/ – top, table, cat, shirt
/v/ – van, very, five, love

Sound /w/ and /y/

/w/ – water, window, wash, wheat
/y/ – yes, yellow, year, you

Sound /z/ and letter “x”

/z/ – zoo, zebra, buzz, size
“x” often makes /ks/ as in fox, box, six

Digraphs (two letters, one sound)

ch as in chick, chair, much
th as in that, this, with, three
sh as in ship, fish, wash
ng as in hang, sing, long, king
wh as in what, when, where, white

🌟 Did You Know?

English has about 24 consonant sounds, but we only have 21 consonant letters! That is why some letters (like c and g) make more than one sound, and some sounds need two letters (like sh, ch, th).

📝 End of Unit Questions

Answer the questions below. Click each question to see the suggested answer.

Section A – Multiple Choice (Choose the best answer)

1. Words that start with the same consonant sound show:

A. rhyming B. alliteration ✅ C. magic e D. soft c

Answer: B. alliteration

2. Which set of words rhymes?

A. cat, dog, sun B. pat, cat, mat, bat ✅ C. big, bag, bug D. run, red, rat

Answer: B

3. In the word “nice”, the letter c makes the sound:

A. /k/ B. /s/ ✅ C. /g/ D. /j/

Answer: B. /s/ (soft c)

4. Which word has a hard c sound?

A. cinema B. face C. cake ✅ D. price

Answer: C. cake

5. The letters “ph” usually make the sound:

A. /p/ B. /f/ ✅ C. /h/ D. /b/

Answer: B. /f/

6. Which word has a soft g sound?

A. girl B. bag C. giant ✅ D. go

Answer: C. giant

7. “A hungry hare is here” is an example of:

A. rhyming words B. alliteration ✅ C. soft c D. magic e

Answer: B. alliteration

8. Which pair of words both begin with the /b/ sound?

A. cat – cup B. ball – balloon ✅ C. fish – phone D. girl – giant

Answer: B

9. The “magic e” at the end of “face” helps the c make the sound:

A. /k/ B. /s/ ✅ C. /g/ D. /f/

Answer: B. /s/

10. Which of these is a digraph (two letters making one sound)?

A. b B. sh ✅ C. t D. m

Answer: B. sh (also ch, th, ng, wh, ph)

Section B – Short Answer Questions

1. What is alliteration? Give one example.

Alliteration is when words start with the same consonant sound. Example: “Six sets of sweaters were sold” or “A hungry hare is here”.

2. What are rhyming words? Give three words that rhyme with “cat”.

Rhyming words end with the same sound. Examples: pat, mat, bat, fat, hat, sat…

3. Explain the difference between hard c and soft c. Give one example of each.

Hard c makes the /k/ sound (cat, cup, cold). Soft c makes the /s/ sound (cinema, face, nice).

4. What sound do the letters “ph” make? Write two words that use “ph”.

The /f/ sound. Examples: phone, photo, elephant, dolphin, alphabet, graph.

5. Is the g in “giraffe” hard or soft? What sound does it make?

Soft g. It makes the /j/ sound.

6. Write three words that begin with the /b/ sound.

Any three from: bean, bib, bin, bat, ball, bag, boy, bike, bed, etc.

7. Name two digraphs and give one example word for each.

Examples: sh (ship), ch (chair), th (that), ng (sing), ph (phone), wh (when).

8. Why should you learn one consonant sound per week?

So that you can practise each sound carefully with poems, rhymes and tongue twisters before moving to the next one.

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