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Topic 5 (session A) - Sound > Sounds and meaning > Task B

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Sounds and meanings
Alliteration and assonance
Rhyme
Alliteration and assonance revisited
Sound symbolism
Meeting at night
Phonetics checksheet
Sound symbolism checksheet
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Sounds and meaning

Task B - The phonemic alphabet

Examine the alphabet set outlined in the Phonemic Alphabet checksheet. Then use it to 'translate' the words and phrases given below into their standard written versions.

  1. cattle

  2. bells

  3. these

  4. patter

  5. anger

  6. anger of the guns

  7. hasty

  8. rifles

  9. orisons

 


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