Elementary consonant clusters the same or different

Elementary consonant clusters the same or different

Listen to your teacher read out pairs of words and raise the “The same” or “Different” card that you are given depending on what you think about the pronunciations of those words.

Label the lines below with “S” for the same pronunciation and “D” for different pronunciation.

Check as a class.

Ask about any words which you labelled wrongly, any words which you don’t understand, etc. (Words in italics are too high level to be worth asking about at this stage).

Test each other in pairs:

• play the same raising cards game
• say two with different pronunciations and see if your partner can explain how they differ
• say one which has one with a different pronunciation next to it, and see if your partner can spell it
• say and spell one which has one with the same pronunciation next to it, and see if your partner can say the other one’s spelling and/ or meaning

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Cards to hold up

The same	Different	The same	Different
The same	Different	The same	Different
The same	Different	The same	Different
The same	Different	The same	Different

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Initial consonant clusters

Elementary initial bl consonant clusters

1. black/ plaque
2. blue/ brew

 

Elementary initial br consonant clusters

3. brand/ bland
4. break/ brake

 

Elementary initial dr consonant clusters

5. drug/ drag
6. dry/ try

 

Elementary initial fl consonant clusters

7. flu/ flew
8. fly/ fry

 

Elementary initial fr consonant clusters

9. froze/ flows

 

Elementary initial gl consonant clusters

10. glass/ grass

 

Elementary initial gr consonant clusters

11. great/ grate
12. green/ grin
13. Greece/ grease

 

Elementary initial kl consonant clusters

14. close/ clothe

 

Elementary initial kr consonant clusters

15. cross/ across
16. crowd/ cloud

 

Elementary initial pl consonant clusters

17. plane/ plain

 

Elementary initial pr consonant clusters

18. present/ pleasant

 

Elementary initial sk consonant clusters

19. ski/ sky

 

Elementary initial skr consonant clusters

20. screen/ scream

 

Elementary initial skw consonant clusters

21. square/ scare

 

Elementary initial sl consonant clusters

22. sleep/ slip
23. slight/ slide
24. slow/ silo

 

Elementary initial sm consonant clusters

25. small/ sumo

 

Elementary initial sn consonant clusters

26. snack/ snuck
27. snow/ snore

 

Elementary initial sp consonant clusters

28. spa/ super
29. spend/ spent
30. sport/ support

 

Elementary initial spr consonant clusters

31. spring/ supreme

 

Elementary initial st consonant clusters

32. staff/ stuff
33. stairs/ stares
34. steal/ steel

 

Elementary initial str consonant cluters

35. straight/ strait
36. strange/ estrange

 

Elementary initial sw consonant clusters

37. sweet/ seat

 

Elementary initial thr consonant clusters

38. through/ throw

 

Elementary initial tr consonant clusters

39. travel/ trouble

 

Elementary initial tw consonant clusters

40. twin/ to win

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Final consonant clusters

Elementary final ft consonant clusters

41. gift/ gifts
42. left/ lift

 

Elementary final fth consonant clusters

43. fifth/ fifths

 

Elementary final ks consonant clusters

44. box/ vox
45. mix/ mixed

 

Elementary final kst consonant clusters

46. text/ texts

 

Elementary final kt consonant clusters

47. act/ a cult

 

Elementary final ksth consonant clusters

48. sixth/ six

 

Elementary final ld consonant clusters

49. cold/ called

 

Elementary final lf consonant clusters

50. self/ shelf

 

Elementary final lp consonant clusters

51. help/ hep

 

Elementary final mp consonant clusters

52. lamp/ ramp

 

Elementary final nch consonant clusters

53. lunch/ launch

 

Elementary final nd consonant clusters

54. band/ banned
55. kind/ kinder
56. mind/ mined
57. N/ end
58. send/ sent

 

Elementary final ndj consonant clusters

59. orange/ orangey

 

Elementary final nk consonant clusters

60. bank/ bunk
61. thank/ sank
62. think/ sink

 

Elementary final ns consonant clusters

63. once/ ones

 

Elementary final nt consonant clusters

64. aunt/ earnt
65. sent/ scent

 

Elementary final nth consonant clusters

66. month/ months
67. ninth/ nines

 

Elementary final sk consonant clusters

68. ask/ asked

 

Elementary final st consonant clusters

69. first/ fast
70. guest/ guessed
71. past/ passed
72. west/ vest