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A Comprehension

Answer these ques ons.

1. Where does the Big Baboon live?

a) in the mountains of Cariboo

b) in the Caribbean countries

c) upon the plains of Cariboo

2. What does the Big Baboon wear?

a) leaves b) old clothes discarded by people

c) nothing
3. What is shocking about the Big Baboon?

4. How can the Big Baboon become a gentleman?

5. Why does the poet wish that the Big Baboon wore a respectable dress?

6. Have you seen a baboon in a zoo? What are the types of monkeys you
know?

7. Name some famous monkey characters from any stories you have read.

B Sounds and Pronunciation

Say these words aloud and pay attention to the sounds the red letters make.

paper bamboo cap rug

cobbler grey pack mug

take dark bright saved

Now say these words again keeping your fingers on your throat. You will notice
that when the sounds made by the letters b, g and d are pronounced there is a
vibration. The sounds made by p, k/c, and t are pronounced without a vibration.
Remember that all these letters, p, b, k, g, t and d, make consonant sounds. The
sounds that are produced with a vibration are called voiced sounds. The sounds
that are produced without a vibration are called voiceless sounds.

All vowel sounds are voiced. They are pronounced with a vibration.

Some consonant sounds are voiced. Some are voiceless.

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