Types of accents

Question 1

describe the sharp accent

Answer 1

points to the top left
only over e
gives the sound ay

Question 2

describe the grave accent

Answer 2

points to the top right
appear over a e or u
makes the e sound like eh
over a and u it distinguishes words e.g ou means or but ou’ means where

Question 3

descrie the circumflex accent

Answer 3

looks like ^
appears over any vowel
indicates where an s may have been in an english word e.g ho^pital

Question 4

describe the le trema accent

Answer 4

two dots above a vowel

indicates the two vowels in a word are said seperately

Question 5

describe le cedille accent

Answer 5

looks like a backwards c under a c

pronounce the c as an s