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Basic 3 · Ghanaian Language · Phonological and Phonemic Awareness

Adding Sounds to Make New Words

In this topic you will add sounds to short words to make new words.

By the end of these notes you should be able to:

  • Add a sound to the start of a word
  • Add a sound to the end of a word
  • Read the new words

What you already know

  • Words with the same sounds (Basic 2)

Copy everything that has a blue line on its left into your notebook. The other parts are for reading.

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B3.2.3.1.1-3 – Add individual sounds in simple one- syllable words to make up new words

Introduction

Add "c" to "at" and you get "cat". Add "s" to "cat" and you get "cats". Adding sounds makes new words.

1. Adding at the Start

Add a sound at the start
WordAddNew word
atccat
anmman
inppin
upccup

2. Adding at the End

Add a sound at the end
WordAddNew word
bedbed
catcat
catscats
penspens
Letter cards being added to short words to make new words
Figure 1: Adding sounds Make two new words by adding a sound.Illustration: Sirbus

Tip: Do the same with simple words in your Ghanaian language.

New words

add
To put something with something else.
sound
What we hear when we say a letter.
new
Not there before.
plural
More than one, often shown by adding s.

Summary

  • Adding a sound at the start makes a new word.
  • Adding a sound at the end makes a new word.
  • Adding "s" often shows more than one.

Class activity: Sound Builder

  1. Use letter cards and bottle tops.
  2. Add sounds to "at", "an" and "in".
  3. Read and write your new words.

You need: Locally made letter cards, Word cards with pictures of local objects, Bottle tops marked with letters

Exercises

Answer in your exercise book first, then check your answers.

  1. 1. Add "h" to "at". What word do you get?

    • A. hat
    • B. cat
    • C. hot
    • D. hit
    Show answer
    Answer: hath + at = hat.

  2. 2. Add "s" to "cup".

    • A. cups
    • B. cap
    • C. cut
    • D. sup
    Show answer
    Answer: cupsIt shows more than one cup.

  3. 3. "p" + "in" makes "pin".

    • A. True
    • B. False
    Show answer
    Answer: TrueBlend the sounds.

  4. 4. "m" + "an" makes "pen".

    • A. True
    • B. False
    Show answer
    Answer: FalseIt makes "man".

  5. 5. b + ed = ______

    Show answer
    Answer: bedBlend b and ed.

  6. 6. Make three new words from "an".

    Show answer
    Answer: E.g. man, can, fan, pan.Add a first sound.

Homework

  1. Make five new words by adding sounds and draw pictures of them.