Practice of letters with ascenders | English | Quizalize & Oak National Academy

Starter quiz

A letter which reaches above the x-height line is called an...

x-height letter.

ascender letter. ✓

descender letter.
The letters b and h have starting points on the...

ascender line. ✓

x-height line.

descender line.

baseline.
The letters f and t start between which two lines?

ascender line ✓

descender line

baseline

x-height line ✓
Select the letters which reach the ascender line.

d ✓

p

l ✓

h ✓

a
Select the true statements regarding letters with ascenders.

Part of the letter reaches below the baseline.

Part of the letter reaches above the x-height line. ✓

Ascender letters are x-height letters.
Match the letter type with the correct letters.

x-height letters

⇔

a, c, o, e, i, m, n, r, s, u, v, w, x and z ✓

ascender letters

⇔

b, d, h, k, l, f and t ✓

descender letters

⇔

g, j, p, q and y ✓

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The part of the letter that reaches above the x-height line is called the ascender
The letters b, d, h, k and l all have starting points on the ascender line
The letters f and t have starting points between the x-height line and the ascender line
The letters with ascenders are b, d, h, k, l, f and t

That the letters h, b, d and k are x-height letters.

Modelling through the lesson that although parts of the letter are x-height, they are not x-height letters because they have ascenders.

Ascender - the part of a letter that extends above the level of the top of an "x"
Ascender line - the line above the x-height line which most letters with ascenders reach up to
X-height line - this is the line that x-height letters go up to
Baseline - this is the line that most letters sit on
Starting point - starting point is the place where we begin to write a letter or shape, usually at the top or left side.