French
Spellings
Spellings
French
Patterns
Patterns
French & English: <qu> & <wh>
Ooh La La!
100
What vowel digraph spells /u:/ in the following French loanwords?
soup, group, route
<ou>
100
What can we learn from the following French/English words?
tu, menu, venu
French words can end in <u>
100
qui
who
100
ballet
200
What French digraph spells /ʃ/ in these words?
chef, chivalry, mustache, chute
<ch>
200
What can we learn from the following French/English words?
qui, moi, ami
French words may end in <i>.
200
quoi
what
200
ticket
300
What phoneme does the <g> spell at the end of these French words?
beige, rouge, garage
/ʒ/
300
What can we learn from the following French/English words?
filet, gourmet, rapport
A final <t> may be silent in French.
300
quand
when
300
café
400
Words inherited from Latin tend to select a single vowel spelling.
What kind of vowel spelling do words from French tend to select?
Vowel digraphs.
400
What can we learn from the following French/English words?
homme, femme, été, fiancé
A final <e> is silent, but with an accent it is pronunced /e/
400
pourquoi
why
400
garage
500
What does the <qu> spell in these words borrowed from French?
quiche, unique, queue
/k/
500
What can we learn from the following French/English words?
banque~banquet, aime~aimant, poule~poulet
A final <e> ('e muet') may be replaced by a vowel suffix in French.
500
quel(le)
which
500
statue