Understanding Digraphs and Sounds

The video tutorial covers the sound drill of the alphabet, including vowels, consonants, digraphs, and welded sounds. It emphasizes the importance of knowing letter sounds for reading. The tutorial reviews vowel and consonant sounds, explains digraphs as two letters making one sound, and describes welded sounds formed by adding L, M, or N to a short vowel.

Why is it important to know the sounds of letters?

• To speak fluently

• To learn to read

• To improve handwriting

• To write essays

Which of the following is a vowel?

• H

• G

• E

• B

What sound does the letter 'A' make in the word 'Apple'?

• Oh

• Ee

• Ay

• Ah

Which of the following is a consonant?

• C

• A

• I

• E

What is the sound of the letter 'C' in 'Cat'?

• Th

• S

• K

• Ch

What is unique about the letter Q?

• It is a vowel

• It is always silent

• It has no sound

• It always pairs with U

What sound does the digraph 'CH' make?

• Th

• Ch

• Ph

• Sh

Which of the following is a digraph?

• C

• K

• Q

• CK

Which of the following is not a digraph?

• PH

• P

• TH

• SH

What sound does the digraph 'WH' make?

• H

• Wh

• W

• Ch