JSS1 ENGLISH STUDIES THIRD TERM WEEK NINE
CONTENT
- Speech Work: Consonant Sounds /h/, /j/ and /w/
- Structure: Positions and Functions of Pronouns
- Composition: Formal Letters
- Literature: Poetry – More on Figures of Speech
ASPECT: Speech Work
TOPIC: Consonant Sounds /h/, /j/, /w/
Description of the Consonant Sound /h/
This is a voiceless glottal fricative which is produced as the airstream passes through an open glottis to the mouth.
Examples:
who, hole, hospital house, hat, horse, behave, behold, inherit, etc.
Silent in: hour, heir, exhibit, honour, exhaust, etc.
Description of the Consonant Sound /j/
This is a semi-vowel sound that is pronounced with the front part of tongue is raised towards the hard palate to the position higher than the production of /i:/.
Examples:
yet, yam, youth, few, new, suit, tune, yard, year, yes, yoke, yen, yours, etc.
Description of the Consonant Sound /w/
This is a voiced bilabial consonant.
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