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Elementary consonant clusters the same or different

A LESSON PLAN FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHERS

Minimal pairs and homophones with consonant clusters for low-level learners

By: Alex Case
Level: Beginner
Theme: General
Study Area: Pronunciation
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Lesson Plan Content:


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

  1. brand/ bland
  2. break/ brake

 

Elementary initial dr consonant clusters

  1. drug/ drag
  2. dry/ try

 

Elementary initial fl consonant clusters

  1. flu/ flew
  2. fly/ fry

 

Elementary initial fr consonant clusters

  1. froze/ flows

 

Elementary initial gl consonant clusters

  1. glass/ grass

 

Elementary initial gr consonant clusters

  1. great/ grate
  2. green/ grin
  3. Greece/ grease

 

Elementary initial kl consonant clusters

  1. close/ clothe

 

Elementary initial kr consonant clusters

  1. cross/ across
  2. crowd/ cloud

 

Elementary initial pl consonant clusters

  1. plane/ plain

 

Elementary initial pr consonant clusters

  1. present/ pleasant

 

Elementary initial sk consonant clusters

  1. ski/ sky

 

Elementary initial skr consonant clusters

  1. screen/ scream

 

Elementary initial skw consonant clusters

  1. square/ scare

 

Elementary initial sl consonant clusters

  1. sleep/ slip
  2. slight/ slide
  3. slow/ silo

 

Elementary initial sm consonant clusters

  1. small/ sumo

 

Elementary initial sn consonant clusters

  1. snack/ snuck
  2. snow/ snore

 

Elementary initial sp consonant clusters

  1. spa/ super
  2. spend/ spent
  3. sport/ support

 

Elementary initial spr consonant clusters

  1. spring/ supreme

 

Elementary initial st consonant clusters

  1. staff/ stuff
  2. stairs/ stares
  3. steal/ steel

 

Elementary initial str consonant cluters

  1. straight/ strait
  2. strange/ estrange

 

Elementary initial sw consonant clusters

  1. sweet/ seat

 

Elementary initial thr consonant clusters

  1. through/ throw

 

Elementary initial tr consonant clusters

  1. travel/ trouble

 

Elementary initial tw consonant clusters

  1. twin/ to win

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Final consonant clusters

Elementary final ft consonant clusters

  1. gift/ gifts
  2. left/ lift

 

Elementary final fth consonant clusters

  1. fifth/ fifths

 

Elementary final ks consonant clusters

  1. box/ vox
  2. mix/ mixed

 

Elementary final kst consonant clusters

  1. text/ texts

 

Elementary final kt consonant clusters

  1. act/ a cult

 

Elementary final ksth consonant clusters

  1. sixth/ six

 

Elementary final ld consonant clusters

  1. cold/ called

 

Elementary final lf consonant clusters

  1. self/ shelf

 

Elementary final lp consonant clusters

  1. help/ hep

 

Elementary final mp consonant clusters

  1. lamp/ ramp

 

Elementary final nch consonant clusters

  1. lunch/ launch

 

Elementary final nd consonant clusters

  1. band/ banned
  2. kind/ kinder
  3. mind/ mined
  4. N/ end
  5. send/ sent

 

Elementary final ndj consonant clusters

  1. orange/ orangey

 

Elementary final nk consonant clusters

  1. bank/ bunk
  2. thank/ sank
  3. think/ sink

 

Elementary final ns consonant clusters

  1. once/ ones

 

Elementary final nt consonant clusters

  1. aunt/ earnt
  2. sent/ scent

 

Elementary final nth consonant clusters

  1. month/ months
  2. ninth/ nines

 

Elementary final sk consonant clusters

  1. ask/ asked

 

Elementary final st consonant clusters

  1. first/ fast
  2. guest/ guessed
  3. past/ passed
  4. west/ vest

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