ph
phone, physics, phantom
gh
laugh, cough, rough
two vowels that make one sound.
A diagraph-blend is a type of combination of two letters representing a single sound in a word. Examples include "sh" in "ship" and "ch" in "chat."
A vowel digraph is two vowels that are written together in a word, but only one sound is produced. Examples include "ai" in "rain" and "ee" in "tree".
toot
Just f makes the ffff sound, the other letters make up the first part of the word.
nothing
"So" is a vowel pair, as it contains both a vowel and a consonant. "oa" together make the long "o" sound.
In the word "swing," the diagraph blend consists of the consonant sounds "sw." A digraph is a pair of letters that together produce a single sound, while a blend combines individual sounds. In this case, "sw" blends the sounds of "s" and "w" to create the initial sound of the word, followed by the "ing" suffix. Thus, the blend contributes to the overall pronunciation of "swing."
Yes, the word "army" contains the digraph "ar." A digraph is a combination of two letters that produce a single sound, and in this case, "ar" represents a distinct vowel sound in the word.
If you think about it really hard, pH doesn't quite make the F sound, but it's own unique sound very similar to F. Speak out loud: The P sound followed by the H sound. Keep going faster: "P---H, P--H, P-H, PH, until the two letters are closely heard next to each other. This is when you should understand why PH makes the F sound and how the letter H makes the letter P sound so much different when placed right after it. You can do the same thing with SH, TH, LK, etc. just think about it out loud.
No. It is a consonant diagraph.
Spelt Afal, but pronounced Aval because in Welsh a 'f' makes a 'v' sound.