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Creating special effects with consonant sounds: Try it out!

This activity is provided for your own practice. It is not intended for use with your students, but you might like to develop your own activity using it as a model.

Here is a list of words which attempt to recreate a particular sound, for example crash, bang, pop, etc. Match each sound word with the appropriate picture. 

For a demonstration, click here.

For the answers, click here.

Now practise saying each word aloud in such a way that clearly reinforces the meaning.