UNIT TWO: LETTER SOUNDS – LEARN ENGLISH STANDARD TWO NOTES

UNIT TWO: LETTER SOUNDS – LEARN ENGLISH STANDARD TWO NOTES

USING SOUNDS TO FORM NEW WORDS

Activity 1

Pronounce the following words

• Pin
• bin
• run
• gun
• mend
• bend
• log
• dog

Name the following pictures

Pronounce the first sound in each word. Then, read the words aloud

Log – fog

Bend – mend

Log – dog

Read the following sentences aloud

1. I put a pin in a tin
2. A soldier can run with a gun
3. The cat chases the bat
4. The fan cooled the van
5. A fox hid in the box
6. I saw a fat rat on a mat
7. Tie a dog to a log
8. There was a loud bark in the park

Activity 2

1. Pronounce the following words

1. Goat
2. pet
3. card
4. goal
5. peg
6. car
7. bat

Name the following pictures

Pronounce the last sound in each of the following pairs, the read the words aloud.Example: goat – goal

a) Bat –	bad
b) Pod –	pot
c) Card –	cart
d) Cup –	cub
e) Fan –	fat
f) Nap –	nab

Read the following sentences aloud

1. The goat is near the goal
2. A big bad -looking ba hit may face
3. The card is is the cart
4. We met a fat boy who had a fan

DELETE SOUNDS AT THE BEGINNING OF WORD

Activity 1

1. Pronounce the following words

• Clock
• box
• rice
• twig
• fear
• flip
• strain
• spit
• spot
• flight

2. Delete the first sounds of the words in (1)

3. Use the words formed in (2) name the pictures

Activity 2

1. Pronounce the following words

1. Rash
2. pant
3. clap
4. sit
5. brain
6. sand,
7. gate
8. table
9. rice
10. table
11. rice
12. park
13. heat

2. Delete the first sound of the following words

1. Rash = __________________
2. pant = __________________
3. clap = __________________
4. sit = __________________
5. brain = __________________
6. sand, = __________________
7. gate = __________________
8. table = __________________
9. rice = __________________
10. table = __________________
11. rice = __________________
12. park = __________________
13. heat = __________________

3. Read the following sentences aloud

1. He rubbed his rash wish some ash
2. A rat can pant like qn ant
3. Put your hands on your lap
4. The brain feels the rain
5. We use sand and cement to make bricks
6. Rice cannot grow on ice
7. Heat the food before you eat it

DELETE SOUNDS AT THE END OF WORDS

Activity 1

1. Pronounce the following words card, tent, planet, team,

2. Delete the last sound of the following words

card _______________

tent _______________

planet _______________

team _______________

3. Name the following orally

Activity 2

1. Pronounce the following words

1. Card
2. tin
3. warm
4. start
5. farm
6. party
7. seed
8. tent
9. dot

2. Delete the last sound of the following words

Card = _______

team =_______

warm = _______

start = _______

farm = _______

party = _______

seed = _______

tent = _______

dot = _______

3. Pronounce the new word you have formed in question 2

4. Read the following sentences aloud

1. Put the card in the car
2. The team drinks tea every morning
3. Our arm is far from here
4. A party was in the part of the town
5. I saw a tent with ten men in it

Exercise

Write correct word for its picture

ADD SOUNDS AT BEGGING OF SOUNDS

Activity 1

1. Pronounce the following words

• Car
• lock
• ox
• nail
• tool
• up
• at
• an

2. Add a sound at the beginning of the following words

Car = ________________

lock = ________________

ox = ________________

nail = ________________

tool = ________________

up = ________________

at = ________________

3. Name the following pictures orally.

 

Activity 2

1. Pronounce the words

• and
• end

2. Add the sound at the beginning of the following words;

• and
• end

Example

1. Hand
2. Send
3. Sand
4. Land
5. Lend
6. Band
7. Pend

3. Pronounce the following words

• Hand
• Send
• Sand
• Land
• Lend
• Band
• Pend

4. Read the following sentences aloud

1. A man in the car has a scar
2. The ox fights with a fox
3. They went up the mountain with a cup
4. The lock is near the clock
5. A nail is far from the snail

Activity 3

1. Pronounce the following letter sounds

s

m

c

b

h

p

r

t

d

f

l

n

2. Form the correct words by adding the following sounds to the beginning of words

s

m

c

b

h

p

r

t

d

f

l

n

____top

___ nail

___ at

___ old

___ ear

___ and

__ rip

___ raw

___ air

3. Read the following sentences aloud

1. Don’t lip the map before you finish the trip
2. The old people told us stories
3. At the party, he wore a hat
4. They were near the top and had to stop and had to stop
5. The air at the top felt fair

Exercise 3

Add appropriate letter sounds s, b, c, d, f and t at the beginning of each word to form correct words.

Low

Pot

Lock

Lip

Rip

Lick

ADD SOUNDS AT THE END OF WORDS

Activity 1

1. Pronounce the words

• car
• far
• no

2. Add a sound to the end of the following words

Example; car – card

Far =

No =

3. Read the following sentences aloud

1. Every car has a card
2. This three is far from our farm
3. No one will give a nod
4. He parked a car near a cart
5. There are ten people in the tent

Activity 2

1. Pronounce the following words

No go star car

2. Pronounce the letter t

3. Add the letter sound t to the end of the following words a) No

Go

Star

car

4. Make one sentence from the following words

not

got

start

cat

REPLACE INITIAL SOUNDS TO FORM NEW WORDS

Activity 1

1. Pronounce the following words

1. rat
2. nap
3. run
4. fat
5. can
6. van
7. wag
8. log
9. pot
10. cut
11. cat
12. toy
13. men

2. Rreplace the initial sounds of the following words, then pronounce the new word rat = mat

nap = tap

run =____________________

fat =____________________

can =____________________

van =____________________

wag =____________________

log =____________________

pot =____________________

cut =____________________

cat =____________________

toy =____________________

men =____________________

3. Say and name the following pictures

Activity 2

1. Pronounce the words

1. box
2. lip
3. bake
4. book
5. man
6. toy

2. Pronounce the first sound of the following words

1. Box
2. Lip
3. Bake
4. Book
5. Man
6. Toy

3. Replace the initial sound of the following words

Example box – fox

1. lip
2. bake
3. book
4. man
5. toy

4. Read the following sentences aloud

1. A fox is sitting near the box
2. I bake a cake every week
3. Look at my book
4. That man has a pan
5. The boy has a toy

Activity

1. Pronounce the following letter sounds :

W b p m j s t

2. Read aloud the following words

1. fin
2. hen
3. cat
4. mug
5. fix

3. Replace the initial sounds with appropriate sound of the letters

example: fin – pin

1. fin
2. hen
3. cat
4. mug
5. fix

4. Pronounce the following words

1. Ben
2. ten
3. jug
4. pen
5. kit
6. pit

5. Read the following words aloud

1. Ben can pat a cat
2. I saw ten lions in the den
3. We have a jug and a mug
4. A hen cannot hold a pen
5. She threw an old kit into a pit

Exercise 4

Form five new words by replacing the initial sound of the word “hug”

Example: hug – tug

Hug – jug

REPLACE THE MIDDLE SOUNDS TO FORM NEW WORDS

Activity 1

1. Pronounce the following words

1. Mop
2. hot
3. not
4. leg
5. pit
6. pod
7. pen

2. Replace the middle sound of the following words

example: mop: map

Mop

hot

not

leg

pit

pod

pen

3. Name the following pictures orally

Activity 2

1. Pronounce the following words:

Pan

Mud

ten

bat

bed

jet

cat

fun

bun

2. Replace the middle sound of each word

Pan –

pen

Mud –

mad

Ten –

Bat

Bed

Jet

Cat

fun

bun

read

3. Read the following sentences aloud

1. He looks mad in the mud
2. A bat does not bet
3. That is a bad bed
4. Patrick pats cats
5. Do not put a pen in a pan
6. A football fan is having fun
7. A cat can cut meat with teeth
8. A jet must jut on one side

4. Read the following tongue twister fast

A big black bug can bite a big black dog

Activity

1. Pronounce the following words

leg

tap

jog

dig

nut

shop

mud

2. Replace the vowel sound of the following words

leg

tap

jog

dig

nut

shop

mud

3. Read the following tongue twister fast

God made man

Man made money

Money made man mad

But money will not make me mad

EXERCISE

1. Replace the middle sounds of the words with the letter sound o. then, pronounce the new words formed

map

hat

nut

pad

leg

pit

cat

tap

2. Replace the vowel sounds of the words with the letter sound a. then, pronounce the new words formed

Hit – hat

Pin – pan

Mop

Sick

Pit

Run

Top

REPLACE FINAL SOUNDS TO FORM NEW WORDS

Activity 1

1. Pronounce the following words

Dog

feel

win

man

weed

hut

fork

wet

meat

teach

2. Replace the final sounds of the following words

Dog – dot

feel – feet

win – wig

man

weed

hut

fork

wet

meat

teach

3. Read the following sentences aloud

1. A woman will win a wig
2. A man sat on a mat
3. Those who weed their farms will not weep
4. I will hug my friend near the hut
5. The spider’s web is wet
6. We had meat in our meal
7. Teachers teach as a team

4. Read the following tongue twister fast

She sells seashells by the seashore

Exercise

1. Replace the final sounds of the words in the table.

Example: bat – ban

Man

men

pet

sit

sat

pot

bun

2. Write the word that matches each picture in the table

PRONOUNCE WORDS WITH LONG VOWEL SOUNDS

Activity 1

1. Pronounce the following words

A		B
Hard		Herd
Bard		Bird
Farm		Firm
Cart		Skirt
Blue		glue
Sink		think
Soft		loft
Cow		how
Fail		sail
Gave		wave
Cow		how
Bright		night
Tree		free
Round		sound
Bell		tell
Peak		week
Head		bed

2. Pronounce the vowel in each word

3. Read the following sentences aloud

1. the herd gave him a hard time
2. a bard writes poems on birds
3. the fence near the farm is firm
4. he carried new skirts in a cart
5. the cat sat on the mat
6. the fish swam in dish
7. the bear wore a pair of shoes
8. the sun shone on the fun run
9. the boat float on the moat
10. the rain came with pain
11. the horse ran fast past the courses
12. the king wore a ring on his finger

Activity 2

1. Read the following words aloud

Take

make

cake

shake

rain

gain

pain

2. Read the following sentences aloud

1. Bake a cake and take it to Jane
2. Lake water makes rain
3. Take this and shake it
4. Pain will make you unhappy
5. You gain weight by eating

Activity 3

Act the following dialogue

1. Jane: Good morning. My name is Jane
2. Kate: oh, I am Kate
3. Jane: I came from Spain. Where are you from?
4. Kate: I am from Ukraine
5. Jane: Nice to meet you
6. Kate: Nice to meet you

Activity 4

1. Name the following pictures orally

2. Pronounce the following words

Road

toad

boat

load

home

Foam

dome

hoe

toe

coat

snow

comb

soap

3. Pronounce the vowel in each word

Read the following sentences

1. A toad croaks
2. Boats do not travel on roads
3. I have a comb at home
4. A boat carries heavy loads
5. Hoes and combs are tools
6. I saw snow on the peak of Mount Kilimanjaro

Activity 5

1. Pronounce the following words

Like

mike

bike

write

tight

Mine

time

line

2. Pronounce the vowels found in words below

Like

mike

bike

write

tight

light

kite

Mine

time

line

3. Read the following sentences aloud

1. I spend my time on a bike
2. I like singing with a mike
3. There is little light at night
4. Drawing a line is tangible
5. I do not like tight skirts

Exercise 7

Complete the sentences with the correct words from those in the brackets

1. I _______ many animals (know, no)
2. That stone is ______ (herd, hard)
3. Mr Mollel keeps a big ______ of cattle. (hard, herd)
4. We carry things in a __________ (curt, cart)
5. We use a pencil to _________ (right, light)
6. He _______ to the store yesterday (go, grow)

Exercise

1. I _______ many animals. (know, no)
2. I use a pencil to _______. (write, right)
3. He _______ to the store yesterday. (go, grow)
4. She _______ a beautiful painting. (make, mock)
5. We _______ a good time at the party. (have, half)
6. The dog is _______ on the bed. (lie, lye)
7. I like to _______ my friends. (meet, meat)
8. They _______ to the beach every summer. (go, grow)
9. I _______ a book to read. (buy, by)
10. We _______ the concert last night. (see, sea)
11. She _______ her homework before dinner. (do, due)
12. I _______ my keys at home. (lose, loose)
13. He _______ a sandwich for lunch. (ate, eight)
14. The sun will _______ tomorrow. (rise, rice)
15. They _______ a lot of fun at the game. (have, half)
16. I _______ the letter on the table. (read, red)
17. He _______ the door for me. (open, omen)
18. She _______ her shoes before going out. (wear, where)
19. We _______ the movie last weekend. (watch, which)
20. They _______ a beautiful song. (sang, song)
21. I _______ my homework at school. (do, due)
22. He _______ to buy a new car. (plan, plans)
23. She _______ her books to the library. (take, cake)
24. I _______ in the park every morning. (run, rung)
25. We _______ to visit the museum. (plan, plant)
26. I _______ to call you later. (plan, plain)
27. He _______ a big cake for the party. (bake, back)
28. They _______ to help us with the project. (try, tree)
29. I _______ my favorite TV show last night. (watch, witch)
30. She _______ the beautiful dress at the party. (wear, where)
31. They _______ the package at the post office. (sent, scent)
32. I _______ a mistake in the homework. (make, mock)
33. We _______ the new restaurant. (eat, it)
34. He _______ a bike to school. (ride, right)
35. I _______ to go home now. (want, wont)
36. She _______ very well at the game. (played, plain)
37. We _______ the tickets for the concert. (buy, by)
38. I _______ my shoes at the door. (left, lift)
39. She _______ the book on the shelf. (put, pet)
40. They _______ very excited for the trip. (are, air)

UNIT TWO: LETTER SOUNDS – LEARN ENGLISH STANDARD TWO NOTES

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