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Lesson Twenty-seven

The Consonant Sound [j]

1. You can hear the sound [j] at the beginning and end of judge.

Underline the letters that spell [j] in these words. Sometimes [j] is spelled <j>, sometimes <g>, sometimes <dg>. Be careful: One word has the sound [j] spelled two different ways:

2. In these twelve words:

Spelling #1: [j] is spelled _______ eight times;

Spelling #2: [j] is spelled _______ three times;

Spelling #3: [j] is spelled _______ twice.

3. Sort the twelve words into these three groups:

4. Three different ways of spelling [j] are _______, _______, and _______.

5. Underline the letters that spell [p, b, t, d] in the following words:

6. Now sort the words into these groups. Be careful! Some words go into more than one group:

7. Two ways to spell [p] are _______ and _______, and two ways to spell [b] are _______ and _______.

8. Two ways to spell [t] are _______ and _______, and two ways to spell [d] are _______ and _______.

9. Three ways to spell [j] are _______, _______, and _______.