The Two G Sounds--Sesame Street

(TESOL Worksheets--Phonics, TESOL Songsheets)

Sesame St G George and G Grover


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Match the words to the song:

gallop, garden, genius, gentle, giant, giraffe, golden, good guy

Grover: Hey George, what is that sound you are making?

George: Hi Grover, I'm making the sound of the next letter of the alphabet, the letter "G". Yeah, my name begins with the letter "G" and it makes that sound. G-g-george.

Grover: B-but my name begins with "G" too but it sounds like this, G-g-grover.

Grover:"G", Grover.

George: No. "G", George.

Grover: Uh-uh, "G", (1)________________.

George:No no, "G", (2)________________.

Grover: "G", (3)________________.

George: "G", (4)________________.

Grover: No, no I think this is right Georgie. "G", (5)________________.

George: And "G", (6)________________. Hey, Grover!

Grover: What, Georgie?

George: There are two "G" sounds.

Grover: I must agree. There is "G", (7)________________

George: And "G", (8)________________.

Grover: One sound for you,  And one sound for me.

Grover: "G", Grover.

George: "G", George. "G", Grover.

Grover: "G", George. "G", George.

George:"G"

Next, sort the words into two categories:

hard g sound /g/	soft g sound /dʒ/

Answers;

Grover: Hey George, what is that sound you are making?

George: Hi Grover, I'm making the sound of the next letter of the alphabet, the letter "G". Yeah, my name begins with the letter "G" and it makes that sound. G-g-george.

Grover: B-but my name begins with "G" too but it sounds like this, G-g-grover.

Grover:"G", Grover.

George: No. "G", George.

Grover: Uh-uh, "G", (1)garden.

George:No no, "G", (2)giant.

Grover: "G", (3)gallop.

George: "G", (4)giraffe.

Grover: No, no I think this is right Georgie. "G", (5)golden.

George: And "G", (6)gentle. Hey, Grover!

Grover: What, Georgie?

George: There are two "G" sounds.

Grover: I must agree. There is "G", (7)good guy

George: And "G", (8)genius.

Grover: One sound for you,  And one sound for me.

Grover: "G", Grover.

George: "G", George. "G", Grover.

Grover: "G", George. "G", George.

George:"G"

Next, sort the words into two categories:

hard g sound /g/	soft g sound /dʒ/
garden, gallop, golden, good guy	giant, giraffe, gentle, genius