Consonant Digraphs

Question

What is a consonant digraph? What are some examples of consonant digraphs?

Answer 1

Consonant digraphs are created when two consonants are used together to form a new sound. Some examples are as follows:

ck, ng, th, ph, sh and ch

ck sounds like /k/

ng sounds like /ng/ (jaw almost closed, body of the tongue pressed to the roof of your mouth with the noise coming from the nasal passageway)

th souns like /th/ or /th/

ph sounds like /f/

sh sounds like /sh/

ch sounds like /ch/, /sh/ or /k/

Answer 2

. A consonant digraph is made up of two consonants which join together to make one sound. The most common consonant digraphs are ch, sh, th, ph and wh. Examples: Chicken, Church, Sheep, Shark, Three, Thumb, Phone, Trophy, Whale, Wheel.

Answer 3

A consonant diagraph occurs when two or three letters come together in order to form a sound. These are also referred to as consonant clusters.

Examples of this might be "bl" , "sn", "st"

The most common consonant diagraphs are "sh" "Th" "Ch" and "wh"