Introduction to Consonant Sounds – JSS1 English Lesson Note (Third Term)

What are consonant sounds?

Consonant sounds are speech sounds that we show with phonetic symbols such as /p/, /b/ and /t/. This note introduces twelve of them, from /p/ to /z/. Each sound is matched with example words in which it occurs at the beginning, middle or end of the word.

Behavioural objectives

By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:

• recognise the consonant sounds /p/, /b/, /t/, /d/, /k/, /g/, /tʃ/, /dʒ/, /f/, /v/, /s/ and /z/;
• give example words that contain each of these sounds;
• identify words in which the letter p is not pronounced.

Which words contain each consonant sound?

Evaluation

From the words below, choose the word in which the /p/ sound is not articulated.

1. pneumonia
2. press
3. cupboard
4. receipt
5. psalm

Assignment

Write down the twelve consonant sounds in this lesson. Beside each sound, write two of the example words given in the table.