La+Phonetique!

All words are made up of different sounds, not just different letters. Different letters combine to make different sounds. The individual sounds are represented in the brackets. So when you see **[a]** we are talking about the **sound** and not the //letter//.


 * Listen to the following sounds and see if you can add on to the list of words you know that contain that sound.**

1. [a] media type="file" key="[a].m4a" Found in words such as:
 * Chat
 * Rat
 * Ma

2. [έ] media type="file" key="[e].m4a" Found in words such as
 * Mere
 * Pere
 * Chaise
 * Laisse

3.[e] media type="file" key="[ε].m4a" Found in words such as
 * Ecouter
 * Mes
 * Donner

4. [i] media type="file" key="[i].m4a" Found in words such as
 * Imaginer
 * Invite
 * Lire
 * Lit

5. [o] media type="file" key="[o].m4a" Found in words such as
 * Peau
 * Beau
 * Clos
 * Argot

6.[oe] media type="file" key="[oe].m4a" Found in words such as
 * Soeur
 * Boeuf
 * Peu
 * Leur

7. [u] media type="file" key="[u].m4a" Found in words such as
 * Nous
 * Vous
 * Ecouter
 * Sous

8. [y] media type="file" key="[y].m4a" Found in words such as
 * Sur
 * Tu
 * Pu
 * Lu

Now that you have seen some examples of different sounds, can you guess the different letter combinations that make each sound? Look at the sounds and their sample words and write your guesses on your worksheet.