Lesson 4: Consonants and vowel sound of “U”

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 U: /u/
Long vowel U: /u:/

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

UB: cub, hub, nub, rub, sub, tub, grub, snub, stub
UD: bud, cud, dud, mud, spud, stud, thud
UG: bug, dug, hug, jug, lug, mug, pug, rug, tug, drug, plug, slug, snug
UM: bum, gum, hum, mum, sum, chum, drum, glum, plum, scum, slum
UN: bun, fun, gun, nun, pun, run, sun, spun, stun
UT: but, cut, gut, hut, jut, nut, rut, shut
UCK: buck, duck, luck, muck, puck, suck, tuck, yuck, chuck, cluck, pluck, stuck,
truck
USH: gush, hush, lush, mush, rush, blush, brush, crush, flush, slush
Other: pup, cup, us, bus.

4. Long vowel “U” in one-syllable words:

UBE: Cube, tube,
UDE: crude, Jude, dude, rude,
UKE: duke, fluke,
ULE: rule, yule,
UME: fume, plume,
UNE: june, dune, tune, prune,
USE: fuse, muse, use,
UTE: brute, chute, cute, flute, lute, mute,

5. Practice reading

The bus and friends

There are a cat, a rat, a bat, a hen, a pig, and a dog in the garden. The cat has
black and soft hairs. The rat and the bat are gray. The hen has colourful feathers
and a yellow beak. The pig and the dog are playing a red ball. A blue bus is
coming. All the animals look at it. The cat asks: “What’s your name?” “Pin! Pin!
Pin!” the bus makes voice. Oh, his name is PinPinPin” the animals say.

6. Draw and colour a picture of “The bus and friends”