Question bank: Phoneme and Grapheme

During a Portuguese class, the teacher explained to the students the importance of understanding the relationship between phoneme and grapheme for the correct spelling of words. She showed that the phoneme 'k' can be represented by different graphemes, such as 'c', 'q', and 'k' in words like 'carro', 'quilo', and 'skate'. To practice, the teacher gave examples of words and asked the students to identify the grapheme corresponding to the presented phoneme. What is the grapheme that represents the phoneme 'k' in the word 'casa'?

Have you ever noticed that some words are written with different letters, but sound almost the same? For example, the words 'gato' and 'jato' have very similar sounds, but the letter 'g' has a slightly stronger sound than the letter 'j'. The 'g' and 'j' are what we call graphemes, meaning they are like drawings we use to write words. The sound they make in a word is called a phoneme. So, the word 'gato' has the phoneme /g/, while the word 'jato' has the phoneme /ʒ/. Now, thinking about these explanations, write what is the difference between 'grapheme' and 'phoneme' and give an example of a word that has both.

Hello, kids! Do you know that when we speak, our voice makes sounds that form words, and when we write, we use letters to represent these sounds? For example, the word 'casa' has three sounds: 'ca' 'sa', but it has four graphemes, which are the letters we use to write: 'c', 'a', 's', 'a'. Thinking about that, look at the word 'flor' and think about the sounds you hear when you say it. How many sounds do you hear in 'flor'? And how many letters are used to write 'flor'? Write below the number of phonemes and the number of graphemes in the word 'flor'.

When we are learning to read and write, we discover that each sound we make has a letter that represents it. For example, the word 'casa' has four sounds. The first sound is /k/, the second is /a/, the third is /z/, and the fourth is /a'. We want to know: What are the letters that represent these sounds in the word 'casa'? Write the letter and the sound it forms.

In the Portuguese language, the writing system is represented through graphemes, which are the smallest units of writing. Phonemes, on the other hand, are the sounds we use to differentiate words in speech. The relationship between phonemes and graphemes is not always an exact correspondence, which can lead to difficulties in learning to read and write. Considering this relationship, evaluate the following statement: 'A child is learning to write and reads the words 'gato' and 'fato', noticing that both have 4 letters. Therefore, she asks the teacher if these words have the same amount of phonemes and graphemes. Based on the knowledge of phonemes and graphemes, explain to the child the relationship between the sound structure and the written structure of these words and determine if they have the same amount of phonemes and graphemes.'