Changing Sounds: Make a New Word

🎯 What You'll Learn

You will learn to change one sound in a word to make a completely new word.

🌟 Let's Start

Watch this trick: cat. Change the /k/ to /b/. Now you have bat! Change the /b/ to /h/. Now you have hat! By changing just one sound, you make a whole new word.

📚 New Concept

Sound substitution means swapping one sound for another to make a new word.

Change the first sound:

• map — change /m/ to /t/ = tap
• bin — change /b/ to /p/ = pin
• run — change /r/ to /s/ = sun
• hot — change /h/ to /d/ = dot

Change the last sound:

• cap — change /p/ to /t/ = cat
• man — change /n/ to /d/ = mad
• pig — change /g/ to /n/ = pin

Change the middle sound:

• cat — change /a/ to /u/ = cut
• big — change /i/ to /a/ = bag
• hot — change /o/ to /i/ = hit

🎮 Let's Practice

1. Start with dog. Change the /d/ to /l/. What new word do you get?
2. Start with bed. Change the /b/ to /r/. What new word do you get?
3. Start with pan. Change the /a/ to /i/. What new word do you get?

Click to see answers

1. dog → change /d/ to /l/ = log.
2. bed → change /b/ to /r/ = red.
3. pan → change /a/ to /i/ = pin.

💡 Remember

Changing just one sound in a word creates a brand new word. This shows how important each sound is!