Elementary consonant clusters simplest responses

Elementary consonant clusters simplest responses

Look at the worksheet below. Listen to one of two words from one of the lines and race to show which one you think you are hearing. If you are not sure, your teacher will repeat it in an example sentence.

Play the same game in groups, only saying ones which you are sure you can pronounce correctly (and so ones you know how to pronounce differently from the other word on the same line).

Ask about any which you are not sure how to pronounce, wonder about the meaning of, etc. (The ones in italics are not so important to know the meaning of).

Test each other on the same words in other ways:

• say both words on one line and see if your partner can count the number of syllables
• pronounce both words on one line and see if your partner can explain how the pronunciation is different
• choose one line and see if your partner can pronounce both words (differently)
• say the name of a category and see how many words your partner can say that match it (with B words and words not on the worksheet that have the same consonant cluster also being okay)

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Cards to hold up

A	B	A	B
A	B	A	B
A	B	A	B

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Initial consonant clusters

Elementary initial bl consonant clusters

A: black                                          B: plaque

 

Elementary initial br consonant clusters

A: brand                                         B: bland

 

Elementary initial dr consonant clusters

A: drug                             B: drag

 

Elementary initial fl consonant clusters

A: floor                             B: flow

 

Elementary initial fr consonant clusters

A: fry                                               B: fly

 

Elementary initial gl consonant clusters

A: glass                                          B: grass

 

Elementary initial gr consonant clusters

A: great                                          B: grade

A: green                                         B: grin

 

Elementary initial kl consonant clusters

A: close                                          B: clothes

A: cloud                                         B: crowd

 

Elementary initial kr consonant clusters

A: cross                                          B: across

 

Elementary initial pl consonant clusters

A: please                                       B: police

 

Elementary initial pr consonant clusters

A: present                                      B: pleasant

 

Elementary initial sk consonant clusters

A: skirt                              B: SCART

 

Elementary initial skr consonant clusters

A: screen                                       B: scream

 

Elementary initial skw consonant clusters

A: square                                       B: scare

 

Elementary initial sl consonant clusters

A: sleep                                         B: slip

A: slow                             B: silo

 

Elementary initial sm consonant clusters

A: small                                          B: sumo

 

Elementary initial sn consonant clusters

A: snow                                          B: snore

 

Elementary initial sp consonant clusters

A: spa                                             B: super

A: sport                            B: support

 

Elementary initial spr consonant clusters

A: spring                                        B: supreme

 

Elementary initial st consonant clusters

A: staff                              B: stuff

 

Elementary initial str consonant clusters

A: strange                                      B: estrange

 

Elementary initial sw consonant clusters

A: sweet                                         B: seat

 

Elementary initial tr consonant clusters

A: travel                                         B: trouble

 

Elementary initial tw consonant clusters

A: twin                              B: to win

 

Final consonant clusters

Elementary final ft consonant clusters

A: left                                              B: lift

 

Elementary final fth consonant clusters

A: fifth                                             B: fifths

 

Elementary final ks consonant clusters

A: box                                             B: vox

 

Elementary final kst consonant clusters

A: text                                             B: texts

 

Elementary final kt consonant clusters

A: act                                              B: a cult

 

 

Elementary final ksth consonant clusters

A: sixth                             B: six

 

Elementary final ld consonant clusters

A: cold                              B: called

 

Elementary final lf consonant clusters

A: shelf                             B: self

 

Elementary final lp consonant clusters

A: help                             B: hep

 

Elementary final mp consonant clusters

A: lamp                            B: ramp

 

Elementary final nch consonant clusters

A: lunch                                         B: launch

 

Elementary final nd consonant clusters

A: mine                            B: mind

A: send                            B: sent

 

Elementary final ndj consonant clusters

A: orange                                       B: orangey

 

Elementary final nk consonant clusters

A: think                             B: sink

 

Elementary final ns consonant clusters

A: once                            B: ones

 

Elementary final nt consonant clusters

A: aunt                             B: earnt

 

Elementary final nth consonant clusters

A: month                                        B: months

 

Elementary final pt consonant clusters

A: slept                             B: slipped

 

Elementary final sk consonant clusters

A: ask                                             B: asked

 

Elementary final st consonant clusters

A: first                                             B: fast

A: west                             B: vest