Consonant Blends and Digraphs

 

 Consonant Blends and Digraphs

Consonant blend or consonant cluster is a group of consonant sounds which are pronounced without an intervening vowel (as in the words "dream" and "bursts"). In a consonant blend, the sound of each letter can be heard.

The blends:

• -bl- in blue and black
• -c- in clap and close
• -fl- in fly and flip
• -gl- in glue and glove

• -pl- in play and please
• -br- in brown and break
• -cr- in cry and crust
• -dr- in dry and drag
• -fr- in fry and freeze
• -gr- in great and grand
• -pr- in prize and prank
• -tr- in tree and try
• -sk- in skate and sky
• -sl- in slip and slap
• -sp- in spot and speed
• -st- in street and stop
• -sw- in sweet and sweater
• -spr- in spray and spring
• -str- in stripe and strap

          On the contrary consonant digraph represent a single sound of two consonant letters. Common digraphs include (G,H) and (P,H). (G,H) and (P,H) together produce the sound of F (as in"enough" and as in "phone").

The 7 Digraph Sounds

• -ch- in chin and ouch
• -sh- in ship and push
• -th- in thing
• -th- in this
• -wh- in when
• -ng- in ring
• -nk- in rink

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