- Listen to the word 'dog.' Which word ends with the same sound as dog?
Answer: bag
Dog ends with the /g/ sound. Bag also ends with the /g/ sound, so it matches. Choice B is correct. Cat ends in /t/, sun ends in /n/, and map ends in /p/.
- Listen to the word cat. Which word starts with the same sound as cat?
Answer: key
Cat starts with the /k/ sound, and key also starts with the /k/ sound. Choice A is correct. Sun starts with /s/, map with /m/, and dog with /d/.
- Listen to the word bed. Which word has the same middle sound as bed?
Answer: red
Bed has the /e/ sound in the middle, and red also has the /e/ sound in the middle. Choice A is correct. Sit has /i/, top has /o/, and sun has /u/ in the middle.
- Say the word cat. What sound do you hear at the beginning?
Answer: /k/ as in cat
The correct answer is /k/ as in cat because the word cat begins with the /k/ sound. /t/ as in top is wrong because that sound is at the end of cat, not the beginning. /b/ as in bat is wrong because bat begins with a different sound than cat. /m/ as in map is wrong for the same reason.
- Say the word 'sun.' What sound do you hear at the beginning?
Answer: /s/ as in sit
The word sun begins with the /s/ sound, just like the word sit. The word net begins with /n/, which is a different sound. The word zip begins with /z/, which is also different from the beginning of sun. So /s/ is the sound heard at the start of sun.
- Say the word hat out loud. What sound do you hear at the beginning?
Answer: The h sound, like in home
The beginning sound in hat is the h sound. The t sound is heard in top, and the m sound is heard in map, so neither matches the start of hat.
- Listen to the word sun. Which word ends with the same last sound as sun?
Answer: fun
Sun ends with the /n/ sound, and fun also ends with the /n/ sound. Choice A is correct. Map ends with /p/, bus ends with /s/, and cat ends with /t/.
- Listen to the word frog. Which word starts with the same first sound as frog?
Answer: fish
Frog begins with the /f/ sound, and fish also begins with the /f/ sound. Choice A is correct. Dog begins with /d/, sun begins with /s/, and rain begins with /r/.
- Say the word pig. What sound do you hear in the middle?
Answer: ih, like in sit
Ih, like in sit is correct because the middle sound in pig is the short i sound, the same sound you hear in sit. Eh, like in bed is a different vowel sound, not the one in pig. Ee, like in me is a long vowel sound, not the short sound in pig. Pig has the same middle sound as sit.
- Say the word pig out loud. What sound do you hear in the middle?
Answer: The short i sound, like in sit
The middle sound in pig is the short i sound. The p sound is heard at the start of park, not in the middle of pig. The short e sound is heard in bed, not in pig.
- Listen to the word milk. Which word ends with the same last sound as milk?
Answer: book
Milk ends with the /k/ sound, and book also ends with the /k/ sound. Choice A is correct. Sun ends with /n/, map with /p/, and bed with /d/.
- Listen to the word 'stop.' Which word begins with the same sound as stop?
Answer: sun
Stop begins with the /s/ sound. Sun also begins with the /s/ sound, so it matches. Choice B is correct. Top begins with /t/, map with /m/, and dog with /d/.
- Say the word 'fast.' What sound do you hear at the end?
Answer: /t/ as in top
We are finding ending sounds. The word 'fast' ends with /t/. Say it slowly: /f/-/a/-/s/-/t/.
- Say the word map. What sound do you hear at the end?
Answer: p, like in pig
The word map ends with the p sound, like in pig. M is the sound at the beginning of map, not the end. B is the sound at the start of bat, and it does not appear in map. T is the sound at the end of mat, which is a different word from map.
- Listen to the word dog. Which word ends with the same last sound as dog?
Answer: pig
Dog ends with the /g/ sound, and pig also ends with the /g/ sound. Choice A is correct. Cat ends with /t/, sun with /n/, and map with /p/.
