Phonemes: ff/gh/ph/f

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What is a phoneme?

Back

A phoneme is the smallest unit of sound in a language that can distinguish one word from another.

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What phoneme does 'ff' represent?

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The 'ff' phoneme represents the sound /f/ as in 'fluff'.

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What phoneme does 'gh' represent in 'laugh'?

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In 'laugh', 'gh' represents the sound /f/.

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What phoneme does 'ph' represent?

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The 'ph' phoneme represents the sound /f/ as in 'phone'.

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What phoneme does 'f' represent?

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The 'f' phoneme represents the sound /f/ as in 'fish'.

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Give an example of a word with the 'ff' phoneme.

Back

An example is 'coffee'.

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Give an example of a word with the 'gh' phoneme.

Back

An example is 'enough'.

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Give an example of a word with the 'ph' phoneme.

Back

An example is 'graph'.

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Give an example of a word with the 'f' phoneme.

Back

An example is 'fun'.

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What is the difference between 'rough' and 'ruff'?

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'Rough' means not smooth, while 'ruff' is a sound a dog makes.