Consonant phonemes .Consonant Phonemespptx

This Power point has ample information on consonant phonemes for primary school students.

1. Consonant Phonemes Part - I

2. Contents: Letter-like phonemes Pronunciation of the phonemes with examples Phonemes and their graphemes practices

3. What is a phoneme? i) A phoneme is the smallest unit of sound in speech. e.g. the word ‘hat’ has three phonemes /h/ ,/æ/, /t/. ii) A phoneme is always put in slashes ‘//’ iii) There are 24 consonant phonemes or pronunciation keys out of which 16 are like the letters that they refer to.

4. Letter Phoneme Letter Phoneme b /b/ n /n/ d /d/ p /p/ f /f/ r /r/ g / g/ s /s/ h /h/ t /t/ k /k/ v /v/ l /l/ w / w / m /m/ z /z/ Letter - like phonemes(16)

5. b anana b ul b b u bb le /b/

6. d inosaur play ed bir d /d/

7. ph one gira ff e ha lf /f/

8. gu itar dra g on ba g /g/

9. h and be h ind h ose /h/

10. k ite ch ristmas bou qu et /k/

11. l ion be l t be ll /l/

12. m oney co mb pa lm /m/

13. gn at do n ut wi n /n/

14. p ot p e pp er tuli p /p/

15. wr ench ca rr ot rh ythm /r/

16. c ircle s i s ter ps ychologist /s/

17. t wis t er ripp ed bu tt er /t/

18. v ine hi ve oli ve /v/

19. w itch ch o ir wh eat /w/

20. x ylophone z ip sci ss or s /z/

21. Remember: All phonemes are written using small letters not capital letters e.g . / g /  /G/ Slashes are always tilted to the right and not left e.g. // \\ Cursive writing is not used for phonemes e.g. /f/ / f /  / f / / g / / g/ /r/ /r/ /l/ /l/ 

22. Letter - like phonemes(16) Letter Pronunciation Key Graphemes examples Voiced? b /b/ b, bb b ug, b u bb le Yes d /d/ d, dd, ed d a d , a dd , mill ed Yes f /f/ f, ff, ph, gh, lf, ft f at, cli ff , ph one, enou gh , ha lf , o ft en No g /g/ g, gg, gh,gu,gue g un, e gg , gh ost, gu est, prolo gue Yes h /h/ h, wh h op, wh o No k /k/ k, c, ch, cc, lk, qu ,, ck, k it, cat, ch ristmas, a cc ount, fo lk , bou qu et, rac k No l /l/ l,ll l ive, we ll yes m /m/ m, mm, mb, mn, lm m an, su mm er, co mb , colu mn , pa lm yes

23. Letter Pronunciation Key Graphemes Examples Voiced? n /n/ n, nn,kn, gn, pn n et, fu nn y, kn ow, gn at, pn eumonia Yes p /p/ p, pp p in, di pp y No r /r/ r, rr, wr, rh r un, ca rr ot, wr ench, rh yme Yes s /s/ s, ss, c, sc, ps, st, ce, se s it, le ss , c ircle, sc ene, ps ycho, li st en, pa ce , cour se No t /t/ t, tt, th, ed t ip, ma tt er, th omas, ripp ed No v /v/ v, f, ph, ve v ine, o f , ste ph en, ha ve Yes w /w/ w, wh, u, o w it, wh y, q u ick, ch o ir Yes z /z/ z, zz, s, ss, x, ze, z ed, bu zz , hi s , sci ss or s , x ylophone, cra ze yes

24. Practice 1: Encircle the correct pronunciation key of the bold faced letter(s) in each of the following. dri ll a) /l/ b) / ll / c) /l/ /l/ s ons a) /s/ b) /z/ c) /j/ gi g antic a) /k/ b) / g / c) /n/ x ylem a) /z/ b) /j/ c) /s/ cir c umstance a)/s/ b) /k/ c)/z/

25. Practice 2: Match the words with bold faced letters with their pronunciation keys. Words Pronunciation keys ph ase /k/ mu s eum /w/ q ueue /z/ c ity /f/ w ind /s/

26. Practice 3: Give a word that begins with each of the given phonemes. i) /k/ kiwi ii) /f/ finger iii /v/ vinegar iv) /z/ zoo

27. Practice 4: List all the letter-like unvoiced phonemes. i ) /f/ ii) /h/ iii) /k/ iv) /p/ v) /s/ vi) /t/