WEEK 9: (A) CONSONANT SOUND- GLIDE and (B) QUESTION TAGS

                                WEEK 9

Topics-     (A) CONSONANT SOUND- GLIDE

                  (B) QUESTION TAGS

Specific objectives: By the end of this lesson, the students should be able to:

1.   Write out sounds that are classified as glide; write out their spelling symbols and identify them in listed words.

2.   Complete given sentences with tag questions. 

PERIOD 1

Topic-  CONSONANT SOUND- GLIDE

The two consonants in this category are /w/ and /j/. They function as consonants but they are described as semi- vowels because they don't have any identifiable point of articulation and the tongue assumes the position for the articulation of the vowel after them in a word. They do not occur at the end of a word.

/j/ is a voiced palatal consonant. In its production, the front part of the tongue is raised towards the hard palate to a position slightly higher than it takes for the production of /i:/. The lips are spread while the vocal cords vibrate. /j/ does not occur at the middle and final positions. Do not confuse the sound /j/ which represents the letter 'y' and the letter 'j' which represents the sound /dz/.

The spelling symbols for /j/ are as follows:

y - yet, you, young, yes

ew - few

eau - beauty

ui - suit

u - tune

Words that contain /j/ - new, view, fuse, human, huge, queue, feud

In the above words, /j/ occurs in pronunciation even though it is not clearly indicated in spelling.

/w/ - To articulate /w/ the back of the tongue is raised towards the soft palate to a position slightly higher than it takes for the production of /u:/. At the same time, the lips are as rounded as they are for /u:/ while the vocal cords vibrate. Although the upper and lower lips do not make any contact as to obstruct the flow of air, /w/ is described as voiced bilabial consonant.

The spelling symbols are as follows:

w- well,

wh- when

qu- pronounced /kw/- quick

Less common spelling symbols occur in words like 'one', 'once' and 'choir'

More words that contain /w/- where, twine, inward, swell, queen, way, quell.

The two sounds are called glides because the tongue glides immediately to the position for the production of the vowel after them.

PERIOD 2

Topic-                 QUESTION TAGS

A tag question is a short question that we add to the end of a statement. We use tag questions in conversation to ask the other person ( or persons) to agree with a statement we make. Examples- 

(A) The man is kind, isn't he?

(B) You are trying hard now, aren't you?

(C) She knows how to cook, doesn't she?

 Rules for Forming Tag Questions:

(1)  If the statement is positive, the tag is negative. I saw you, didn't I?

(2)   If the statement is negative, the tag is positive. They couldn't defeat us, could they?

(3)   If the statement is in the present tense, the tag is also in the present. He is early this morning, isn't he?

(4)  If the statement is in the past tense, the tag is also in the past tense. They were not serious, were they?

(5)  In the tag, subject and auxiliary (helping) verb are inverted.

You are a liar, aren't you?

(6)  If the subject is a noun, change it to a pronoun in the tag.

Jane has just left, hasn't she?

(7)  (7) If the verb has no auxiliary, use an appropriate 'do' verb, eg do, does, and did.

They went out just now, didn't they?

Evaluation Questions:

(A) Complete each sentence with a tag question.

(1)The moon is very bright tonight, ___

(2) Those oranges weren't very costly, ___

(3) Florence hadn't come out of hospital, ___

(4) Most people want marry, ___

(5) He lives in Minna, ___

(B)(1) Write out sounds that are classified as glide.

(2) Write out with examples the spelling symbols of /j/ and /w/.

(3) Pick out the words that contain /j/ and /w/ from this list - jug, sue, uniform, walk, jeep, quack, yoke, usual, quickly, which, dwarf.

Assignment

(A) what sounds are classified as nasals?

(B) How are they articulated?

(C) Write out with examples, their spelling symbols.