📚 Wheeler's Speller • Lesson 46 (Hard g vs Soft g)
BOOK 1 • WHEELER'S SPELLER Primary Phonics Curriculum • Lesson 46
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LESSON 46 • SOUNDS OF THE LETTER G (HARD G & SOFT G)
Original Page 29 • 12 Core Words
Phonological Discovery: Dual sounds of letter g: Hard g (ḡ) as in get vs. Soft g (ġ) as in gem (sound of j).
DIACRITICS • ḡ VS ġ
Hard g as in get (marked with a bar): ḡ.
Soft g as in gem (same as j, marked with a dot): ġ.
1 Copy carefully and spell orally.
Column 1 glad, great, gone
1. glad
2. great
3. gone
Column 2 age, page, cage
4. age
5. page
6. cage
Column 3 grass, twig, glass
7. grass
8. twig
9. glass
Column 4 large, charge, edge
10. large
11. charge
12. edge
2 Sort and write each word, marking each g (ḡ or ġ).
Word Bank: glad age grass large great page twig charge gone cage glass edge
Hard g (ḡ = sound in get)
Soft g (ġ = sound in gem, same as j)
3 Answer these questions.
a. What sound does g have in glad, great, gone? Sound:
b. What other single consonant letter has the exact same sound as soft g (ġ)? Letter:
c. Look closely at age, page, cage, large, charge, edge. What vowel letter always follows soft g? Vowel:
📚 Rules to Remember • Lesson 46
Rule 1 • Hard G Sound (ḡ)
The letter g says hard /ɡ/ as in get, glad, grass, twig. Marked with a bar: ḡ.
Rule 2 • Soft G Sound (ġ)
The letter g says soft /dʒ/ (sound of j) as in gem, age, cage, edge. Marked with a dot: ġ.
Rule 3 • The Following Vowel E
In these words, soft g is followed by e (age, page, cage, large, charge, edge) which softens the sound.
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