Arabic/LearnRW/Row 3 and 1/Sound Association

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.

Reference

• م : m in map and maim
• ك : k in break , cake, and Rick
• ي : j in fjord and y in yellow (not the y in system)
• ث : th in think and bath
• ف : f in fate
• ت : t in talk and bat
• ب : b in break and 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. king
2. hate
3. father
4. hamper
5. mass
6. mother
7. yacht
8. matter
9. clan
10. master
11. Yemen
12. coat
13. match
14. foremost
15. boot
16. first
17. taste
18. cave
19. banner
20. third
21. mom
22. track
23. cast
24. thistle
25. main
26. fate
27. base
28. yes
29. captain

Exercise 2

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

• fate ت
  
  
• fat ت
  
  
• bluff ف
  
  

1. rob
2. club
3. hate
4. Tuesday
5. day
6. boat
7. rate
8. just
9. institute
10. make
11. ray
12. cake
13. kick
14. lame
15. Rick
16. mom
17. trumpet
18. doom
19. Nick
20. damn
21. calculate
22. must
23. am
24. fame
25. name
26. lime
27. crazy
28. Monday
29. wait
30. bath
31. raft
32. jumpy
33. math
34. tame
35. easy
36. lazy

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