Sound and Spelling in a New Language · seed 1 · A4, ink-friendly. The answer key prints on its own page for grown-ups.

Say it the way the language writes it

Languages · Sounds & Conversation · ages 8-10
Name ______________________   Date ____________

  1. A small mark on a letter can change its sound.

    Circle one:   True   False

  2. In French, the last letters of many words are what?

    • Shouted
    • Doubled
    • Silent

  3. Which word hides here inside it?

    • There
    • Their
    • They're

  4. You meet a new written word. What is the best order?

    • Listen, repeat, then look at the letters
    • Stare at the letters, then guess aloud
    • Skip it and never return

  5. Which sentence needs they're?

    • Their my friends.
    • They're my friends.
    • There my friends.

  6. French nasal vowels add what?

    • A clap of the hands
    • A hum through the nose
    • A stamp of the foot

  7. Ana writes there dog for their dog. What test fixes it?

    • Add an apostrophe
    • Write it twice
    • Ask who the dog belongs to, then pick their

  8. If you can read English, you can sound out French words with English rules.

    Circle one:   True   False

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Answer key

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  1. True · One small stroke can turn one vowel into another.
  2. Silent · French hides silent letters all over its words.
  3. There · There names a place and hides here inside.
  4. Listen, repeat, then look at the letters · Ear first keeps English rules off your mouth.
  5. They're my friends. · They are my friends still makes sense, so they're fits.
  6. A hum through the nose · Nasal vowels hum where English never hums.
  7. Ask who the dog belongs to, then pick their · Their shows belonging, and the dog belongs to them.
  8. False · French needs French rules, not English ones.
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