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4.2 Different sounds

Watch Video 1 which covers how to pronounce the letters in the Ukrainian alphabet.

Video 1 Ukrainian alphabet
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This week, we focus on the vowels a, e, i and o.

Activity 7: Ukrainian and English words

10 minutes

Match Ukrainian and English words. You won’t recognise all of the letters, but you can guess.

кафе

café

театр

theatre

гітара

guitar

парк

park

офіс

office

Using the following two lists, match each numbered item with the correct letter.

  1. кафе

  2. театр

  3. гітара

  4. парк

  5. офіс

  1. café

  2. theatre

  3. guitar

  4. park

  5. office

The correct answers are:
  • 1 =
  • 2 =
  • 3 =
  • 4 =
  • 5 =

Answer

The matching pairs are:

  • кафе / café
  • театр / theatre
  • гітара / guitar
  • парк / park
  • офіс / office

Well done if you managed to guess! You are attentive!

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