Discussion Questions about words that start with the letter "U"

What do you think of the letter U?

Do you like the look of it?

Compare U and X. Which letter do you prefer?

Compare U and W. Which letter do you prefer?

How to pronounce U?

Think of ten words that start with U. (Make conversation with them.)

What is your favorite word starting with U? What is your least favorite?

Ask the teacher a question about the words starting with U.

Can you think of names that start with U?

What countries' names start with U?

What does the prefix Un do to a word?

Think of words that use the prefix Un.

These "U" words make the list of the top five hundred most-used English words:

up, use, under, us, until,usual,unit

Have students try to guess the words.

What do these expressions mean? IOU, I luv U, U-turn.

Have students make sentences using as many U words as possible.

Una loves us using her usual umbrella for unusual uses like underwater underwear.