Primary 1 English Studies Flashcards: Pre-Reading Skills: Identifying Speech Sounds

Question 1

Words are made up of small ____.

Accepted Answer

sounds

Question 2

The word 'cat' has how many sounds: /c/, /a/, /t/?

Accepted Answer

3

Question 3

The letter 'a' in 'apple' makes the ____ sound.

Accepted Answer

/a/

Question 4

The letter 't' in 'table' makes the ____ sound.

Accepted Answer

/t/

Question 5

Putting separate sounds together to make a word is called ____.

Accepted Answer

blending

Question 6

Breaking a word into its separate sounds is called ____.

Accepted Answer

segmenting

Question 7

Blend the sounds /m/, /a/, /p/. The word is ____.

Accepted Answer

map

Question 8

Blend the sounds /s/, /u/, /n/. The word is ____.

Accepted Answer

sun

Question 9

Blend the sounds /p/, /e/, /n/. The word is ____.

Accepted Answer

pen

Question 10

The sounds in the word 'dog' are /d/, /o/ and ____.

Accepted Answer

/g/

Question 11

The sounds in the word 'fan' are /f/, /a/ and ____.

Accepted Answer

/n/

Question 12

The sounds in the word 'bed' are /b/, /e/ and ____.

Accepted Answer

/d/

Question 13

The sounds in the word 'sit' are /s/, /i/ and ____.

Accepted Answer

/t/

Question 14

Changing one sound in a word to make a new word is called ____.

Accepted Answer

manipulating sounds

Question 15

Change the first sound of 'cat' from /c/ to /b/. The new word is ____.

Accepted Answer

bat

Question 16

Change the first sound of 'pin' from /p/ to /b/. The new word is ____.

Accepted Answer

bin

Question 17

Change the first sound of 'hat' from /h/ to /m/. The new word is ____.

Accepted Answer

mat

Question 18

Cat, mat, hat and bat make up a word ____.

Accepted Answer

family

Question 19

The word that fits in the 'at' family with cat and mat is ____.

Accepted Answer

hat

Question 20

Understanding that words are made of small sounds helps us to read and ____.

Accepted Answer

write

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