1. KEY FRENCH SOUNDS & SPELLINGS(A VERY GENERAL & SIMPLIFIEDREFERENCE)Prior learning: Following on from thealphabet! Jo Rhys-Jones, November 2011Talkabout Primary Languages

2. TABLE OF CONTENTS: vowels tricky consonants nasal phonemes on/an/en, in/ain/ein regular graphemes ou, au/eau, gn, ph graphemes which make more than onesound silent letters elision & liaison 3. VOYELLES: a e -i-y o u 4. Aachat 5. E SAME SOUND MADE BY EU / Ulemee neje neufuf deux 6. SAME SOUND MADE BY ER/EZdcembre regarderlevez la main! cafbblphant 7. -SAME SOUND MADE BYAI/EI/ET-ttefrre pchepremrezbre 8. I-Ydixi-y sixYvonnestylolitbicyette 9. o - SAME SOUND MADE BYOO CAN ALSO BE A SHORT/AU/EAU SOUNDpianocarottevlo, pot, htel, pomme, bol,beau, chaud docteur 10. U Put your finger in yourmouth like a lollipop.u Remove your fingerbut keep your lips still. Without moving yourlips, try to say ee That is the Frenchsound u.sucette 11. TRICKY CONSONANTS:cg h stw y 12. cSOFT WHEN FOLLOWED BY E OR IUSUALLY A HARD SOUND same sound as cinma carottepolice, France, cent,crayon, sac, caf,cinq, dlicieux,banc, camra... garon... 13. gSOFT WHEN FOLLOWED BY EUSUALLY A HARD SOUND OR I gorillegaragegomme, guitare,pigeon, orange, genou,catalogue, regarder... girafe, 14. H IS SILENThthhroshtel 15. sHARD WHEN BETWEEN 2USUALLY A SOFT SOUND VOWELS poissonoiseausac, soupe,cuisine, visite,classe, danser...rose, musique, chemise 16. tUSUALLY THE SAMEEXCEPTIONS CAN CHANGETO S SOUND WHENSOUND AS IN ENGLISH FOLLOWED BY I tomate dictionnairetulipe, tarte, direction, addition,moto, minute...patience, essentielDo these words make anormal t sound in 17. W IS ONLY USED IN WORDS THAT ARE BORROWED FROM OTHER LANGUAGESw- MAKES THE SAME SOUND AS IN ENGLISH kiwiwagonEXCEPT:le wc 18. y BUT SAME SOUND AS INUSUALLY SAME SOUNDENGLISH WHEN BETWEEN 2AS FRENCH IVOWELSstylocrayonYvonne, cycliste, Nancy joyeux, loyal,lyce, pyjama...incroyable, voyage 19. NASAL PHONEMES, :on/an/enPurists will rightly argue there is a very subtle difference between on and an/enbut its highly unlikely to be noticable up to GCSE level so I leave that to teacherdiscretion and the level of your classin/ain/ein 20. ON/AN/EN:ALSOOM/AM/EM bonjouron danseoman dentiste tombolalampeamen chambre dcembreemmoutonenfants 21. IN/AIN/EIN:ALSOIM vin inintelligentaintrain demain lapinimeinpeinture important painceinture 22. REGULAR GRAPHEMES:ou e/eu/oeuoi/ez/er au/eau//ai/ei/et ph gn 23. OU: ALWAYS MAKES THE SAMESOUNDoubouchesouris moutarde 24. E/EU/U: ALWAYS MAKE THE SAMESOUND leeme neeu je neufuufdeux 25. OI: ALWAYS MAKES THE SAME SOUNDoitrois toile histoire 26. /EZ/ER: MAKE THE SAME SOUNDdcembre levez la main! nezezjanvierercafjouer 27. AU/EAU/: MAKE THE SAME SOUND ohteljaune moto oiseauaueau bateautaureau 28. //AI/EI/ET: ALL MAKE THE SAMESOUNDfrre ftechaisebaleineai neige Paul et Lilianeeiet robinetjaime 29. PH: MAKES THE SAME SOUND ASFRENCH Fphtlphonealphabet lphant 30. GN: ALWAYS MAKES THE SAMESOUNDgnaraigne signal champignon 31. GRAPHEMES WITH MORE THAN ONESOUND: ch illail/eil/euil/ouil 32. chBUT HARD SOUND WHEN AUSUALLY A SOFTGREEK WORD OFTENSOUND:BEFORE R OR LChefChrtienCharlotte, march, chatorchestre, chur,champagne, chocolat... chronique, technique 33. illSOME EXCEPTIONS WHENUSUALLY A SOFTENED THE L SOUND ISSOUND: PRONOUNCED: Famille Million fille, vanille, gorillevillage, ville, mille gentille, habillertranquille 34. AIL/EIL/EUIL/OUIL: MAKE SIMILAR Y SOUNDAT THEEND abeille aileiltravail bouteilleeuil soleil feuilleouil nouille mdaille bouillir 35. Silent lettersUSUALLY THE FINAL BUT THE LETTERS B C F K LCONSONANT IS NOTQ R USUALLY AREPRONOUNCED: PRONOUNCED:mouton club lphant, lit, lapinsnob, flic, chef, anorak trois, froid, abricotavril, cinq, hiverExceptions: ours, sud, autobus, tennis, Exceptions: blanc, porc, clef, -er infinitivessome names, 36. ELISION/LIAISON: when a word that ends in a normally silent consonant is followed by a word that begins with a vowel or silent h, then the consonant is pronounced usually...petit le petit lphant