Consonant Blends and Digraphs

A consonant blend is when two consonant letters are next to each other and they make two separate sounds, like in the word 'bl'ue.

A consonant digraph is when two consonant letters are next to each other and they make one sound, like in the word 'sh'ip.

An example of a word with a consonant blend is 'st'op.

An example of a word with a consonant digraph is 'ch'ip.

The letters 'th' in 'fifth' form a consonant digraph.

The letters 'dr' in 'drill' form a consonant blend.

The consonant blend 'pl' makes the sound 'pl' as in 'play'.

The consonant digraph 'wh' makes the sound 'w' as in 'what'.

consonant digraph.

consonant blend.