(You are welcome to copy
and/or adapt these tasks for use with your classes.)
Task 1
Which letters appear in the Welsh alphabet
but not in the English alphabet? Make a list of them and then, if possible,
find and write out a word beginning with each of those letters. Task 2
Looking at the first letter only, place the
following words in alphabetical order. Remind yourself by looking at the
alphabet strips on the edge of the pages, and remember that some letters in
Welsh are double letters. Task 3 Place the following groups of words in
alphabetical order. You will need to look at more than one letter at the
beginning of the words. Use the alphabet strips on the edge of the pages to
help you. cartref gorau rhew caer grisiau rhagor cawr galw rhoi cae gweithio rhy cawod golff rhifo cael gafr rhieni carden gwallt rhywbeth caws glas rhad carped gobeithio rhestr car gweld rhwng Task 4
(a) Look at the picture on the page for the
letter ‘Ng’. Using the dictionary, find the Welsh words for five things you can
see in the picture and write them out. (b) Look at some of the other pictures in
the dictionary and see how many Welsh words you can find for things you can see
in the pictures. Make a list of them. Task 5
You want to talk about your favourite
hobbies and sports. Using the dictionary, find as many Welsh words for hobbies
and sports as you can and write them out as a list. Now, write a short letter in Welsh to a
friend, talking about your hobbies, and asking about your friend’s hobbies.
Your teacher will help you with setting out the letter. Task 6
Read the
following passage about Gareth. (Version A uses ‘gyda’r dosbarth’, and version
B uses ‘efo’r dosbarth’.) Look up the underlined words in the dictionary, and
write down the English meanings. (A) Gareth ydw i. Ym mis Mehefin,
es i i Wersyll yr Urdd, Llangrannog gyda’r dosbarth. Mae Llangrannog ar
lan y môr. Mae llawer o bethau i’w gwneud yn y gwersyll.
Dwi’n mwynhau nofio, sgio a merlota. Dw i ddim yn gallu sglefrolio achos
mae’n anodd, ond dwi’n dwlu ar ddawnsio yn y disgo achos mae’n llawer
o hwyl. Mae’r bwyd yn y gwersyll yn flasus iawn. Ces i amser
bendigedig yn Llangrannog.
(B) Gareth ydw i. Ym mis Mehefin,
es i i Wersyll yr Urdd, Llangrannog efo’r dosbarth. Mae Llangrannog ar
lan y môr. Mae llawer o bethau i’w gwneud yn y gwersyll.
Dwi’n mwynhau nofio, sgio a merlota. Dw i ddim yn gallu sglefrolio achos
mae’n anodd, ond dwi’n dwlu ar ddawnsio yn y disgo achos mae’n llawer
o hwyl. Mae’r bwyd yn y gwersyll yn flasus iawn. Ces i amser
bendigedig yn Llangrannog.
Now that you
have the English meanings of the words, do you understand the passage? Task 7
Read the
following letter from Rhian. (Version A uses ‘mae ... ’da fi’, and version B
uses ‘mae ... gen i’.) Look up the underlined words in the dictionary, and
write down the English meanings. (A) Annwyl Catrin,
Helo!
Fy enw i ydy Rhian. Dwi’n ddeg oed ac mae dau frawd ’da
fi. Mae ci a mochyn gini ’da fi hefyd.
Mae gwallt golau, hir,
syth ’da fi a llygaid gwyrdd.
Dwi’n
mynd i barti pen-blwydd ar ôl cinio heddiw yn y ganolfan hamdden.
Dwi’n gwisgo jîns a blows liwgar.
Y
bore ‘ma, es i i’r llyfrgell. Ces i lyfr allan am bobl enwog.
Hwyl fawr,
Rhian
(B) Annwyl Catrin,
Helo!
Fy enw i ydy Rhian. Dwi’n ddeg oed ac mae dau frawd gen i.
Mae ci a mochyn gini gen i hefyd.
Mae gwallt golau, hir,
syth gen i a llygaid gwyrdd.
Dwi’n
mynd i barti pen-blwydd ar ôl cinio heddiw yn y ganolfan hamdden.
Dwi’n gwisgo jîns a blows liwgar.
Y
bore ‘ma, es i i’r llyfrgell. Ces i lyfr allan am bobl enwog.
Hwyl fawr,
Rhian
Now that you
have the English meanings of the words, do you understand the letter? Task 8 With your teacher, or with a partner,
discuss what you had for dinner/lunch. Beth gest ti i
ginio? (What
did you have for dinner?)
Ces i . . .
(I had . . . )
Using the dictionary, write out a list of
the food you had for dinner/lunch. Now write a diary in Welsh, saying what you
had for dinner/lunch each day for a week. Your teacher will help you with
setting out the diary.