g

The phonetic sound /g/ is a voiced velar.

voiced = vocal cords vibrate while making this sound

velar= touch the back of your tongue to the back of your mouth

Listen and repeat words with /g/

word initial /g/ sounds like: girl, go, give, good, get, goal

middle /g/ sounds like: begin, together, again, August, foggy, biggest

final /g/ sounds like: egg, big, dog, bag, leg, dialogue

/g/ in consonant clusters: grow, great, glad, glass, forget, argue

Spelling Tips:

g: gum, garden, bag

gg: jogging, bigger, egg

gu: guest, guitar, guide

gh: ghost, spaghetti

The letter g is sometimes silent in words like: foreign, sign, neighbor

Choose from these /g/ practice activities

Minimal Pairs

/g/ vs. /k/

Drag & Drop

/g/ - /k/

Cloze Listening

Take me there...

Tongue Twister:

Gray geese graze in the green grass.

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