Free practice on Sound Recognition for Class 6, following the Cameroon primary school curriculum (English subsystem). Every answer is explained, so a parent who is not sure of the answer can still help.
A tongue twister trains your mouth to handle tricky sound clusters. 'She sells sea-shells by the sea-shore.' Say it slowly, then faster. Consonant clusters like 'str-', 'spl-', 'thr-' need practice.
Tongue twisters: Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers · She sells sea-shells · Red lorry, yellow lorry · Fresh French fried fish
Homophones SOUND the same, spelt differently: hear/here, pair/pear. Homographs are SPELT the same but mean different things: 'bat' (animal) vs 'bat' (cricket bat), 'lead' (metal) vs 'lead' (guide).
| Homophones | Homographs |
|---|---|
| hear / here | bat (animal) / bat (cricket) |
| their / there | lead (metal) / lead (guide) |
| knight / night | bow (tie) / bow (bend) |
Rhyming words end in the same sound: cat/hat/mat. A triphthong is three vowel sounds sliding together in one syllable: 'fire' = f-eye-uh-r. Poems often use rhyme and triphthongs for music.
| Word | Sound feature |
|---|---|
| cat, bat, mat | rhyme (short a) |
| fire, tire, hire | triphthong -ire |
| hour, sour, tower | triphthong -our/-ower |
Choose the correct word: The principal will ___ the new prefects today.
Answer: A. announce
Announce: a-n-n-o-u-n-c-e.
Which pair of words are homophones?
Answer: A. write / right
'Write' and 'right' sound exactly the same.
Choose the correct word: The pupils put ___ bags on the desks.
Answer: B. their
'Their' shows possession.
Choose the correct word: We are not ___ to talk during the exam.
Answer: B. allowed
'Allowed' means permitted; 'aloud' means out loud.
Which word rhymes with 'weather'?
Answer: B. feather
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