Elementary consonant clusters word building

Elementary consonant clusters word building

Take turns choosing one line from the following pages to pronounce word by word, making sure that you keep to one syllable even when the number of sounds grows. Your partner will check that you pronounce them correctly, then do the same with another line.

Ask about any which you couldn’t pronounce, are not sure the meaning of, etc.

Test each other on the same words/ sounds:

• choose a line for your partner to do the same thing with
• choose a line and take turns making the words with more and more sounds (but the same number of syllables)
• choose a line and see if you can both say the last word, going back and building the word up if you can’t say it correctly with just one syllable
• give your partner the first and last words from one line and see if they can build it up sound by sound without looking below
• say the name of one of the headings below and see if your partner can think of suitable words (without other suitable words not below also okay)

 

Without looking below, split this word snake into one syllable words with consonant clusters, making sure that you pronounce them correctly:

brandflightfrozeglovesgreyplateskiskillsquareslightsmallsnowsteakstreetsweetthreetramtrytwinboxedtextselfshelfhelpedlampshandsmindssendsbanksdrinkstenthsguests

Check as a class or below.

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Initial consonant clusters word building

Initial br consonant clusters

1. a/ an/ and/ Rand/ brand

 

Initial fl consonant clusters

2. lie/ light/ flight

 

Initial fr consonant clusters

3. Os/ rose/ froze

 

Initial gl consonant clusters

4. love/ glove/ gloves

 

Initial gr consonant clusters

5. A/ ray/ grey

 

Initial pl consonant clusters

6. eight/ late/ plate

 

Initial sk consonant clusters

7. E/ key/ ski
8. ill/ kill/ skill

 

Initial skw consonant clusters

9. air/ wear/ square

 

Initial sl consonant clusters

10. I/ lie/ light/ slight

 

Initial sm consonant clusters

11. all/ mall/ small

 

Initial sn consonant clusters

12. O/ no/ snow

 

Initial st consonant clusters

13. ache/ take/ steak

 

Initial str consonant clusters

14. eat/ treat/ street

 

Initial sw consonant clusters

15. E/ we/ wheat/ sweet

 

Initial thr consonant clusters

16. E/ re/ three

 

Initial tr consonant clusters

17. am/ ram/ tram
18. I/ rye/ try

 

Initial tw consonant clusters

19. in/ win/ twin

 

 

Final consonant clusters word building

Final kst consonant clusters

1. ox/ box/ boxed

 

Final kst consonant clusters

2. ex/ Tex/ text

 

Final lf consonant clusters

3. L/ sell/ self
4. L/ shell/ shelf

 

Final lpt consonant clusters

5. L/ hell/ help/ helped

 

Final mps consonant clusters

6. am/ amp/ lamp/ lamps

 

Final nds consonant clusters

7. an/ and/ hand/ hands
8. my/ mine/ mind/ minds
9. N/ end/ send/ sends

 

Final nks consonant clusters

10. an/ ban/ bank/ banks
11. in/ ink/ rink/ drink/ drinks

 

Final nths consonant clusters

12. N/ ten/ tenth/ tenths

 

Final sts consonant clusters

13. S/ guess/ guest/ guests