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Hard & Soft C & G Sounds

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 36mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What sound(s) do you hear in the word cage?

There are 2 correct answers.

a)

hard g

b)

soft g

c)

hard c

d)

soft c

2.

What sound do you hear in the word giraffe?

a)

hard g

b)

soft g

3.

circle the words in the list that have the same c sounds as car which is a hard c

There are 3 correct answers.

a)

creatures

b)

place

c)

characters

d)

discovered

4.

Circle the words in the list that have the same g sound as the hard g

There are 3 correct answers.

a)

goal

b)

giant

c)

legs

d)

wagon

5.

All of these words have the soft g sound except:

a)

huge

b)

germ

c)

gap

d)

danger

6.

Select the hard sound of letters c & g like in the words cat and grill.

There are 2 answers.

a)

/s/

b)

/k/

c)

/g/

d)

/j/

7.

In the word 'circle' the sound of letter C is ?

a)

hard

b)

soft

c)

both hard and soft c

8.

This is the soft sound of letter g & c.

Select 2.

a)

/g/

b)

/j/

c)

/s/

d)

/k/

9.

What is the sound of the C in the word cent? Is it hard like cat or soft like center?

Rules:

1. When a, c or g is followed by an e, i, or y, its sound is soft like /s/ and /j/

2. When a, c or g is followed by an a, o, or u (or another consonant) its sound is hard like /k/ and /g/

a)

C as in /S/

b)

C as in /K/

10.

What is the sound of C in the word cost?

a)

C as in /S/

b)

C as in /K/

11.

These are nonsense words (not real), but you will use the rules to identify hard c and g to indicate which words create hard sounds.

Select 3.

a)

pageon

b)

cuai

c)

pagon

d)

ceai

e)

gateau

12.

Which vowels create a hard sound with the letter C (/k/) & hard G (/g/)?

a)

o, u, i

b)

y, e, u

c)

a, e, i

d)

a, o, u

13.

Which vowels create a soft sound when they follow the letter C & G?

a)

a, e, y

b)

e, i, y

c)

a, e, i

d)

o, y, i

14.

Use the rules to identify hard c and hard g to indicate which words create hard sounds.

There are 3 correct answers.

a)

gel

b)

obligation

c)

vigor

d)

germ

e)

cultural

15.

These are nonsense words (not real), but you will use the rules to identify hard c and hard g to indicate which words create hard sounds.

There are 3 correct answers.

a)

pageon

b)

gaai

c)

pacan

d)

ceai

e)

cateau

16.

These are nonsense words (not real), but you will use the rules to identify hard c and g to indicate which words create hard sounds.

There are 3 correct answers.

a)

pageon

b)

goai

c)

pacon

d)

ceai

e)

coteau

17.

Use the rules to identify hard c and g.

There are 3 correct answers.

a)

surgeon

b)

cultural

c)

condense

d)

municipal

e)

vigor

18.

These are nonsense words (not real), but you will use the rules to identify soft c and g to indicate which words create soft sounds.

There are 2 correct answers.

a)

pageon

b)

guai

c)

pacun

d)

ceai

e)

cuteau

19.

These are nonsense words (not real), but you will use the rules to identify soft c and g to indicate which words create soft sounds?

There are 3 correct answers.

a)

cultural

b)

cylinder

c)

surgeon

d)

municipal

e)

vigor

20.

Use the rules to identify soft c and g to indicate which words create soft sounds.

There are 3 correct answers.

a)

cylinder

b)

cultural

c)

municipal

d)

obligation

e)

zoologist