Beginner reading · A0

Dead syllables with long vowels

Recognise final /k/, /t/ and /p/, distinguish live and dead syllables, and read long-vowel dead words.

20 min reading-foundations
Objectives

Thai final letters may have a different final sound from their initial sound. Final stop sounds /k/, /t/ and /p/ make a syllable dead; these examples use long vowels.

  • readingRecognise ก, ด and บ as final /k/, /t/ and /p/
  • readingDistinguish live from dead syllables
  • vocabularyRead selected long-vowel dead words with low tone
Characters

Characters

k final /k/
t final /t/
p final /p/
Study cards

Study cards

ฝาก fàak deposit
หาด hàat beach
หีบ hìip box
ตาก tàak Tak (province)
ปาด pàat sweep away
จาก càak from
ตอบ tɔ̀ɔp answer
ปีก pìik wing

Source note

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Exercises

Exercises

01

Which final sound makes ฝาก a dead syllable?

  • /k/
  • /n/
  • /ŋ/
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Correct answer: /k/

Final ก is realised as /k/, a stop that closes a dead syllable.

02

Which word reads /hàat/ and means ‘beach’?

  • หาด
  • ฝาก
  • หีบ
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Correct answer: หาด

หาด has a long vowel and final /t/ and means beach.

03

Which word means ‘wing’?

  • ปีก
  • ปาด
  • ตอบ
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Correct answer: ปีก

ปีก is read /pìik/ and means wing.