Elementary consonant clusters things in common
A LESSON PLAN FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHERS
Initial and final consonant blends personalised pairwork speaking
Lesson Plan Content:
Elementary consonant clusters things in common
Use the consonant clusters or words with consonant clusters below to find things that you share with your partner, then try to find things that you have in common and other groups in the class don’t. Your teacher will tell you if you should use the consonant clusters and/ or the words. Note that the clusters represent the sounds, so any spelling of those sounds is okay.
Useful language for finding similarities with
bad at buy eat
favourite going to good at
hate have like
love make opinion
want wear
Initial consonant clusters |
Final consonant clusters |
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bl- br- dr- fl- fr- gl- gr- kl- kr pl- pr- shr- sk- sl- sm- sn- sp-/spr- st-/str- sw- thr- tr- tw- |
-ft/-fts -ks/-kst -kt/-kts -ld -lf -lp/-lps/lpt -nch -nd -ndj -nk/-nks -ns -nt -nth/-nths -sk/-sks/-skt -st |
Ask about any words which you couldn’t use, consonant clusters you aren’t sure that you pronounced correctly, etc.
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Words with consonant clusters to find things in common with
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Words with initial consonant clusters |
Words with final consonant clusters |
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1. blond 2. brand 3. drug(s) 4. flu 5. freeze/ frozen 6. friend(s) 7. fry/ fried 8. gloves 9. grapes 10. grow up/ grew up 11. clean(ing) 12. clothes 13. crowd(s/ed) 14. plan 15. play 16. present(s) 17. problem 18. shrimp 19. skating 20. sleep 21. smoke 22. snack 23. snow(y) 24. speak 25. spend/ spent 26. sport 27. spring 28. stadium 29. stationery 30. study 31. stress(ed) 32. strong/ strength 33. sweet(s) 34. swim(ming) 35. thrill(ed/ing) 36. travel/ trip 37. twice |
1. gift(s) 2. mix(ed) 3. insect(s) 4. child 5. (my)self 6. help(s/ed/ful) 7. brunch/ lunch 8. send(s) 9. change 10. drink(s) 11. dance 12. important 13. month(s) 14. ask(s/ed) 15. fast 16. test
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