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title: "Consonant Digraphs"
description: "Read and spell words containing consonant digraphs and less common consonant spellings (ch, sh, th, ck, tch, ng, ph, wh, k for /k/)"
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# Consonant Digraphs

Read and spell words containing consonant digraphs and less common consonant spellings (ch, sh, th, ck, tch, ng, ph, wh, k for /k/)

Subject: English · Area: Phonics & Word Reading · Ages 4 to 7
Page: https://lightmysky.com/learn/english/consonant-digraphs-mt_9-OHslmt1g

## Ready when they can

- Read words with consonant digraphs (e.g. 'shop', 'chip', 'that')
- Identify the sound made by ph (/f/) and wh (/w/) in words
- Spell words ending in -ck (e.g. 'duck') and -tch (e.g. 'match')

## Lesson: Two Letters, One Sound

Some letters team up. Two letters together can make one sound.

*(drawing: s and h join to make one sound: /sh/, like in shop.)*

**Example.** Max reads the word chip. He sees c and h together. They make one sound: /ch/.

**Tip.** Ph looks strange, but it says /f/, like in photo. Wh says /w/, like in whale.

**Tip.** Words with a short vowel sound often end in ck for /k/, like duck. They often end in tch for /ch/, like match.

t and h say /th/, like that. n and g end words to say /ng/, like ring. c and k say /k/, like duck. p and h say /f/, like photo. w and h say /w/, like whale. tch says /ch/, like match. After a short vowel, /k/ at the end often uses ck and /ch/ at the end often uses tch, but rich, which, much and such use ch.

**Recap.** Two letters can team up to make one sound, like sh, ch, or ck.

## Practice

24 questions on this page, each with its working shown.

## Needs first

- [Single Letter Sounds](https://lightmysky.com/learn/english/single-letter-sounds-mt_F978c32kDr)
- [Onsets & Rimes](https://lightmysky.com/learn/english/onsets-and-rimes-mt_PvU3eoikev)

## Opens up

- [Blending Sounds to Read Words](https://lightmysky.com/learn/english/blending-sounds-to-read-words-mt__KHQttMde3)
- [Alternative Spellings for Known Sounds](https://lightmysky.com/learn/english/alternative-spellings-for-known-sounds-mt_OgJPbGkrYk)
- [Trigraphs](https://lightmysky.com/learn/english/trigraphs-mt_roAgL1rQRF)