Thai Sabai · Script & Sound LabExtended practice

The low-class partners: ค ท พ ฟ ซ ฮ ช

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.

ควายควาย
ทหารทหาร
พานพาน
ฟันฟัน
โซ่โซ่
นกฮูกนกฮูก
ช้างช้าง

D6 · Write from sound

Listen and write the word in Thai. Flat tone, so it is the low twin every time.

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

Twins. Same sound, different class. Pick one, and let the class decide the tone.

  1. ขา( ) kǎa( ) kaa( ) gaa
  2. คา( ) kǎa( ) kaa( ) gaa
  3. หา( ) haa( ) hǎa( ) aa
  4. ฮา( ) haa( ) hǎa( ) aa
  5. ตา( ) dtaa( ) taa( ) tǎa
  6. ทา( ) dtaa( ) taa( ) tǎa
  7. ปา( ) paa( ) bpaa( ) pǎa
  8. พา( ) paa( ) bpaa( ) pǎa

D9 · Copy and trace

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

คาคา
ทาทา
พาพา
ชาชา
ฮาฮา
ฟูฟู

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 ฟพฟพฟฟพฟพพ
  2. find ซชซชซซชซช
  3. find คดคดคคดคด

Answer key — extended practice

D6

  1. ทา taa — to apply, to smear
  2. ชา chaa — tea
  3. พา paa — to take along
  4. คา kaa — stuck

D7

  1. ทาสี taa-sǐi — to paint
  2. ชาดี chaa dii — good tea

D8

  1. ขา — kǎa
  2. คา — kaa
  3. หา — hǎa
  4. ฮา — haa
  5. ตา — dtaa
  6. ทา — taa
  7. ปา — bpaa
  8. พา — paa

D11

  1. ฟ — 4 of 9, at positions 2, 4, 5, 7 from the left
  2. ซ — 4 of 8, at positions 2, 4, 5, 7 from the left
  3. ค — 4 of 8, at positions 2, 4, 5, 7 from the left

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