Lesson 11:
Short
A Sound
(cat, fat)
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The short A
sound can be found in English words such as: fat, cat, dad, back, fast,
animal.
Say
these words out loud (short A sound is bold):
1) fat
2) cat
3) rat
4) dad
5) add
6) mad
7) glad
8) exam
9) back
10) marriage
11) have
12) class
13) fast
14) after
15) am
16) animal
17) fast
18) last
Now say these sentences out loud (short A sound is
bold):
1) The
fat cat is chasing after the rat.
2) Dad is coming back after the party.
3) I am glad to finish this exam.
4) His first marriage made him mad. His second marriage
were not so bad.
5) They have ten farm animals.
7) This class is progressing really fast.
8) The last hat I have left is black.
9) The cat and the rat are attacking a hat.
10) She has an orange bag.
Have you finished them all? Cool!
Well done! You have
completed the Short A sound lesson.
Let's move on...