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Joy English · Level A2 · Spellingjoy-english.com

Spell the city

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Understand spelled place names, including letters that sound alike.

Listen to each sentence and write what you hear.

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Words to know

city
A large town.
zee / zed
The letter Z in American and British English.
cue
The sound of the letter Q.

Answer key

  1. BostonB is “bee” and T is “tee”. O sounds like “oh”.
  2. QuebecQ sounds like “cue”. B (“bee”) and E (“ee”) are easy to mix up.
  3. GenevaG is “jee”, E is “ee” and V is “vee”.
  4. JakartaJ is “jay”, K is “kay” and R is “ar”.
  5. ZurichZ is “zee” in American English and “zed” in British English. H is “aitch”.

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