Arabic/LearnRW/Row 6/Letter-Sound

If an English word has a silent letter, that letter does not count. Think about the sound, not the English spelling when doing this exercise.

References

• د is used to write the "d"-"data,dog"
• ذ is used to write the "dh" sound such as the "th" in "this", "there", and "bathe"
• ث is used to write "th"-"think, bath"
• ر is used to write the "r" sound, the Arabic sound is different though (it is a "rolled r" sound).
• ز is used to write the "z" sound-"zebra, zoo,oz"
• ف is used to write "f"-"fate"
• ب is used to write "b"-"break,cab"

Exercise 1

Instructions: Write the Arabic letter that represents the sound that the English word starts with. examples:

• think ث
• face ف

Begin:

1. this
2. zap
3. damn
4. think
5. daisy
6. boot
7. family
8. handsome
9. case
10. basic
11. therefore
12. wait
13. weight
14. doctor
15. Robert
16. ram
17. basic
18. yawn
19. doctor
20. thoughtful
21. there
22. maybe
23. might
24. castle
25. deaf
26. king
27. destruction
28. camp
29. them
30. him
31. yes
32. mouth
33. rabbit
34. zipper
35. fourth
36. dad
37. demonstration
38. third
39. three
40. table
41. zero
42. master
43. distance

Exercise 2

Instructions: Write the Arabic letter that represents the sound of the English sound that the English word ends in. Because fate end in the "t" sound, write ت (taa) beside the word. Examples:

• fate ت

• fat ت

• bluff ف

1. printer
2. fake
3. numb
4. bath
5. maybe
6. say
7. jumper
8. denominator
9. rake
10. bathe (they bathe in the pool)
11. murder
12. bite
13. jade
14. Jake
15. hay
16. breath
17. breathe (they breathe)
18. expand
19. ate
20. calculate
21. number
22. eight
23. fate
24. gulf
25. golf
26. bay
27. sore
28. compute
29. amaze
30. mouth
31. rye
32. lay
33. more
34. random
35. band
36. zoom
37. Dubai
38. back
39. wolf
40. soothe
41. maze
42. yolk
43. rate
44. math
45. folklore

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