Thai Sabai · Script & Sound LabExtended practice

The high class: ข ส ห ผ ฝ ถ ฉ

D5 · Copy and trace

Copy these seven name-words next to their letters and say the whole name out loud. Not reading, just making friends.

ไข่ไข่
เสือเสือ
หีบหีบ
ผึ้งผึ้ง
ฝาฝา
ถุงถุง
ฉิ่งฉิ่ง

D6 · Write from sound

Listen and write the word in Thai. The vowel again: after, on top, or underneath.

This one needs your ears. Scan the code at the top of the sheet to hear it on your phone, then mark your answers here.

D7 · Dictation

Two little phrases. Write what you hear.

This one needs your ears. Scan the code at the top of the sheet to hear it on your phone, then mark your answers here.

D8 · Read and choose

Same vowel, different class. Pick one, and notice which ones rise.

  1. กา( ) gaa( ) kǎa( ) kaa
  2. ขา( ) gaa( ) kǎa( ) kaa
  3. ปี( ) pǐi( ) bpii( ) pii
  4. ผี( ) pǐi( ) bpii( ) pii
  5. ดู( ) duu( ) tǔu( ) dtuu
  6. ถู( ) duu( ) tǔu( ) dtuu
  7. หา( ) haa( ) hâa( ) hǎa

D9 · Copy and trace

Whole words this time, letter and vowel together. Say each one as you finish it, and let it rise.

ขาขา
สีสี
หูหู
ผีผี
ฝาฝา
ถูถู

D11 · Letter hunt

Each row hides one letter several times. Mark every one of it, then check. The neighbours are the look-alikes from the note above.

  1. find ผผฝผผฝผฝฝผ
  2. find ขขฃขขฃขฃข
  3. find ถกถกถถกถ

Answer key — extended practice

D6

  1. สี sǐi — colour
  2. หู hǔu — ear
  3. ขา kǎa — leg
  4. ผี pǐi — ghost

D7

  1. หูดี hǔu dii — sharp-eared
  2. ขาปู kǎa bpuu — crab leg

D8

  1. กา — gaa
  2. ขา — kǎa
  3. ปี — bpii
  4. ผี — pǐi
  5. ดู — duu
  6. ถู — tǔu
  7. หา — hǎa

D11

  1. ผ — 5 of 9, at positions 1, 3, 4, 6, 9 from the left
  2. ข — 5 of 8, at positions 1, 3, 4, 6, 8 from the left
  3. ถ — 4 of 7, at positions 2, 4, 5, 7 from the left

D5, D9 have no written key: tracing, listening and reading aloud are yours to mark.