Hard and Soft G

Pronunciation Club
 Gremlins, goblins, ghost
and ghouls gathered
gunks of gunge and
Warm-up activity: Tongue drool, then they
Twister grabbed a gruesome
grown-up to make into
goo and gobble up!
 A green dressed girl
Warm-up activity: Tongue giggled at a grouchy guard
Twister guarding the gates.
 Goal Why do they sound

G
different?

Gym It often depends on the

position of the letter in
a word and on the letter
that follows it.
 Rule #1

When G is followed by E,I, or Y, Exception

the sound is soft.
Some common words do not
• Angel follow the rules for hard and soft
G, such as begin, get, and give.
• Ginger
• Genius
• General
 Rule #2
When G is followed by A, O, or
U, the sound is hard.
Exception

• Game When G is followed by H, it is

sometimes pronounced as /f/, such
• Go
as cough, laugh, and enough. Other
• Goat times it is silent, such as high, though,
• Gum and bought.
• Gas
 Rule #3
When G is followed by a
consonant, the sound is hard. Exception
• Glass When a word ends in N + G, it is
• Program pronounced /ŋ/, such
as sing, bring, and running.
• Grow
 Rule #4
When G is doubled, the sound
is hard.
• Egg

• Foggy

• Saggy

• Veggie
 Rule #5

When a word ends in G, the

sound is hard.
• Bag

• Dog

• Playing

• Dancing
 Rule #6

When a word ends in G + E, the

sound is soft.
• Age
• Bridge
• Image
• Usage
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Exercises time
 Activity

1 2 3

Write a sentence Read your sentence

Choose a name and 5
using all the words and say the different
words that have Letter “G”
in them you chose sounds of the letter
“G”
“Irving greeted his grandpa in a giant guitar green store.”
 Teaching
Building
SOFT G HARD G Lighting
Energetic
Gratitude
Spring
Magic
Gentle
Privilege
Geography
Logistics
Organized
Recording
Recognize
Knowledge
Running
Energy
 Activity

Gill’s great glass globe glows

green against the gross
garbage grass.

The gallant and generous gentleman gets

to go to a gigantic party of the genuine
queen Greece.
 Difficult words to
pronounce
1. comfortable
2. February
3. schedule
4. nearby
5. Mischievous
6. Disinterested
 Extra activity!

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