Set 1: Most Common Consonants and Vowels

Question 1

(CON) Sound and Class?

Answer 1

G(host) K(ids) = Middle Class

Ghost Kids walking along the street in a ghost town. So the sound is G at the start of a syllable and K at the end of a syllable.

Question 2

(CON) Sound and Class?

Answer 2

K(ilos) = High Class

A man checking how many Kilos he weighs, before going on the K-2. So it sound K.

Question 3

(CON) Sound and Class?

Answer 3

K(wai) = Low Class

A man standing by the bridge over the river Kwai. So the sound is K.

Question 4

(CON) Sound and Class?

Answer 4

(a)ng(ling) = Low Class

A person angling in the sea. So the sound is Ng.

Question 5

(CON) Sound and Class?

Answer 5

L(awn) N(eat) = Low Class

Somebody mowing the Lawn Neatly, with the ocean rolling behind them. So the sound is L at the start of a syllable and N at the end of a syllable.

Question 6

(VOW) Sound, Length & Location

Answer 6

Am(mo), Short/Long & After

Ammo leaving a hunter's rifle. So the sound is Am. The night-time Background (after part of the day), will help you remember that it occurs after other letters.

Question 7

(VOW) Sound, Length & Location

Answer 7

I(ck), Short & Above

A little creature says ick! when it sees the eagle's claw. So the sound is a short e! (Same sound as ea in eagle, but shorter). Mountainy background => on top of other letters.

Question 8

(VOW) Sound, Length & Location

Answer 8

E(agle), Long & Above

An eagle's claw. So the sound is a long ee (like the e sound in eagle, represented usually as ee). Mountainy background => on top of other letters.

Question 9

(VOW) Sound, Length & Location

Answer 9

Euu, Long & Above

A snail. Imagine someone saying Euuh! When they see the snail. So the sound is Euu, represented usually as euu or euh. Mountainy background => on top of other letters.

Question 10

(VOW) Sound, Length & Location

Answer 10

Long Boot, Long & Below

A boot. So the sound is oo, like the oo sound in boot. Sea-side background => low => below other letters.