Hello Children
Let us understand and learn q & qu, and its phonic sounds.
When the letter q and / koo / sound are taught, it is always taught with the ‘qu’, simply because almost all English words are paired together. It is rare to find any words where the letter ‘u’ does not follow ‘q’. if you look closely, you will find many words where q comes from itself, however, most of these types of words come from other languages ??and are not born in English.
Therefore, when teaching the letter q and its ‘koo’ sound, explain that in English you will always see ‘qu’ instead of ‘q’ itself in words.
Let us see the sample word for qu:
Quack – “koo-ack”
QU Phonics Words List
Let us work on ‘qu’ words now
| quid | quaff | quad | earthquake | quitter |
| quick | quail | question | queers | quivers |
| quack | equip | squeeze | quartz | qualifies |
| quill | equipment | squirt | queried | qualifier |
| quilt | sequence | square | quashed | quantify |
| queen | sequel | squirrel | que | quarrel |
| quit | quench | quads | queuing | quickset |
| quip | quarter | qualms | quickly | squinting |
| quiz | quest | quakes | quintal | aquafers |
Now let us play – word identification, so choose the right word from the box below:
| FILL | |
| sound a duck makes | |
| one of four parts | |
| a statement looking for an answer | |
| you have to finish the work fastly | |
| remain silent when teacher in classroom | |
| a warm cloth worn in winters | |
| stop doing something | |
| A line of people waiting for something | |
| Argument | |
| A feather or a narrow spine, as on a porcupine | |
| Isolation for medical reasons | |
| something with good characteristics |
| quality | quill | quack | quilt |
| quiet | quarter | queue | quit |
| quarrel | quarantine | question | quickly |