Level 1 · Lesson 4 · Practice
Fathah: the first short vowel
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In the video
Watch this lesson's video, then follow the steps below to practise.
Learning outcomes
By the end of this lesson you will be able to:
- Recognise the fathah and say the short a sound it gives
- Read every letter with fathah, short and clear
- Keep a fathah short without stretching it into a different sound
- Hear the seven letters that sound fuller with fathah and copy them
- Read rows of letters with fathah on your own
Download the lesson sheet (PDF)Watch the video first, then practise here. Print the sheet to practise away from the screen.
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Hear every letter with fathah
Tap any letter to hear it with fathah. Start on the right of each row. The hamzah takes the alif's place here, because an alif never carries a vowel.
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Say each one
Pick a row and press start. Listen, then say it in the gap. Short and clear.
أَ
LISTENYOUR TURNPress start when you're ready.
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The fuller letters
These seven sound fuller and deeper
Tap each one and copy the sound you hear. We look at why they sound this way in a later lesson.
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Which one did you hear?
Press play, then choose the one you heard. Watch the dots.
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Read it yourself
Read each row out loud from right to left, with no example first. Then press check to hear it.
بَدَرَسَكَ
مَنَلَتَفَ
قَصَعَهَيَ
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Lesson 4 complete
Next lesson is about the throat letters: six sounds that English doesn't have.
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