Lesson 1: Consonants and Vowel Sound of “A”

1. Letter name:
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z.
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z.

2. Letter sound:
Consonant: /b/ /c/ /d/ /f/ /g/ /h/ /j/ /k/ /l/ /m/ /n/ /p/ /q/ /r/ /s/ /t/ /v/ /w/
/x/ /y/ /z/
Short vowel A:/a/
Long vowel A: /a:/

3. Short vowel “A” in one-syllable words:

ab: cab, dab, gab, jab, lab, nab, tab, blab, crab, grab, scab, stab, slab
at: bat, cat, fat, hat, mat, pat, rat, sat, vat, brat, chat, flat, gnat, spat
ad: bad, dad, had, lad, mad, pad, sad, tad, glad
an: ban, can, fan, man, pan, ran, tan, van, clan, plan, scan, than
ag: bag, gag, hag, lag, nag, rag, sag, tag, wag, brag, drag, flag, snag, stag
ap: cap, gap, lap, map, nap, rap, sap, tap, yap, zap, chap, clap, flap, slap, snap
am: bam, dam, ham, jam, ram, yam, clam, cram, scam, slam, spam, swam, tram,
ack: back, hack, jack, lack, pack, rack, sack, tack, black, crack, shack, snack, stack
ash: bash, cash, dash, gash, hash, lash, mash, rash, sash, clash, crash, flash, slash,
Other: gal, pal, gas, yak, wax, tax, bath, math
4. Long vowel “A” in one-syllable words:

babe,
ace, dace, face, grace, lace, mace, pace, place, race, trace,
blade, fade, made, spade, wade,
safe,
age, cage, gage, mage, page, rage, sage, wage,
bake, cake, make, fake, lake, rake, take, snake, wake, shake,
bale, male, sale, scale, whale,
blame, came, dame, fame, flame, game, name, same, shame,
bane, cane, dane, fane, Jane, lane, mane, pane, sane, vane, wane,
ape, cape, grape, scrape, tape, shape,
base, case, chase,
ate, gate, hate, late, plate, skate, slate,
brave, cave, gave, grave, save, wave,
blaze, daze, gaze, haze, maze, glaze,

5. Exercise:
…ad, …ad, …ad, …ad, …ad, …ad, …ad, …ad
…am, …am, …am, …am, …am, …am, …am
…an, …an, …an, …an, …an, …an, …an, …an
…at, …at, …at, …at, …at, …at, …at, …at, …at