A consonant is a speech sound that is not a vowel. It also refers to letters of the alphabet that represent those sounds: Z, B, T, G, and H are all consonants. Consonants are all the non-vowel sounds, or their corresponding letters: A, E, I, O, U and sometimes Y are not consonants. In hat, H and T are consonants.

The 21 consonants are: B, C, D, F, G, J, K, L, M, N, P, Q, S, T, V, X, Z and often H, R, W, Y.

The top most commonly used letters in 5-letter words (in terms of total frequency as well as average frequency) are the letters A, E, S, O, R, I, L, T, etc.

Grade 1 English Reading Foundation - Consonant Sounds

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10 Questions

1. Look at the color. What is the first sound in the word?

brbltrpl

2. Look at the picture. What is the first sound in the name of the animal?

rgrfro

3. Look at the picture. What is the first sound in the number?

zvfi

4. Look at the picture. Think about what the boy is doing. What is the first sound in the word?

debr

5. Look at the picture. What is the first sound in the word?

gaprgrgl

6. Look at the picture. Think about what the boy is doing. What is the first sound in the word?

swwsnsl

7. Look at the picture. What is the first sound in the name of the animal?

nsnsmsl

8. Look at the picture. Think about what is in the bowl. What is the first sound in the word?

irlfr

9. Look at the picture. What is the first sound in the word?

brachz

10. Look at the picture. What is the first sound in the word?

crthrthtr