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Grade 2 Reading Foundation - Phonemes (Consonant and Vowel)

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Children need to remember these sounds in order to help them read and write under the phonics method. Knowing the difference between a consonant phoneme and a vowel phoneme will improve their all-round literacy and English language knowledge.

When we read, we break a word up into pieces, or sounds - called phonemes. We are looking at the sounds made by single and double consonant and vowel phonemes. See how much you can remember about these sounds.

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1 .

What is a consonant phoneme?

A sound that has a consonant in it.

A sound that has a vowel in it.

A sound that has a consonant and a vowel in it.

A group of countries.

A consonant phoneme is a sound made by the consonant letters of the alphabet. They can be single letters like 'b' or double letters like 'mm'.

2 .

What is a vowel phoneme?

A sound that has a consonant in it.

A sound that has a vowel in it.

A sound that has a consonant and a vowel in it.

A group of countries.

There are five vowels in the alphabet and a vowel phoneme is a sound made by just those five letters.

3 .

What is the vowel phoneme in this word: 'tree'?

A vowel phoneme can consist of two vowels like 'ee' or one like 'e' but they make different sounds.

4 .

What is the vowel phoneme in this word: 'boat'?

There are lots of sounds that make similar sounds but are spelled differently - unfortunately, some sounds can only be learned by memorizing them.

5 .

What is the vowel phoneme in this word: 'apple'?

Although the last letter of 'apple' is 'e' - that letter is linked with the 'l' making the word break up like this; 'a' + 'pp' + 'le'.

6 .

How do the sounds break up in this word: 'shopping'?

s + h + o + p + p + i + n + g

sh + o + p + p + i + ng

sh + op + pi + ng

sh + o + pp + i + ng

When trying to read this word we would break it up into all the small sounds like this.

7 .

How do the sounds break up in this word: 'coins'?

c + o + i + n + s

co + i + n + s

c + oi + n + s

c + oi + ns

The sound 'oi' is the same as 'oy'.

8 .

How do the sounds break up in this word: 'meeting'?

m + ee + t + i + ng

m + ee + ti + ng

m + ee + t + ing

mee + t + i + ng

The 'ee' sound is also made by these vowels 'ea'.

9 .

How do the sounds break up in this word: 'snail'?

s + n + ai + l

sn + ai + l

s + n + a + i + l

s + n + ail

There are different types of snails: land, sea and freshwater.

10 .

How do the sounds break up in this word: 'August'?

Aug + u + s + t

Au + g + u + s + t

Au + g + us + t

Au + gu + s + t

August is the eighth month of the year.

Author: Finola Waller

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