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Sound Spelling Exercise
Sound Spelling Exercise
In 'CATCH' the three letters TCH are one sound represented by one phonemic symbol / / Try the exercise below to help develop your knowledge of English pronunciation.
Exercise Look at the words below and put them into the correct column based on the number of sounds. Clue: The number of letters and the number of sounds is always different in these words.
2 sounds
3 sounds
4 sounds
5 sounds
6 sounds
ANSWERS 2 sounds cow /k a!/ know /n "!/ door /d $:/ more /m $:/ 3 sounds horse /h $: s/ caught /k $: t/ heart /h %: t/ through /& r u:/ judge /' ( '/ laugh /l %: f/ check / e k/ 4 sounds singer /s ) * #/ daughter /d $: t "/ thorough /& ( r "/ enough /) n ( f/ sugar /+ ! g "/ 5 sounds carrot /k r " t/ island /a) l " n d/ knowledge /n , l ) '/ treasure /t r e - "/ singing /s ) * ) */ cupboard /k ( b " d/ 6 sounds chemist /k e m ) s t/ business /b ) z n ) s/ thinking /& ) * k ) */