I'm not 100% sure and am happy to be corrected, but this is my understanding of it: Blends are combinations of consonants where you can still hear the two separate sounds, eg. br, cr, pl. This seems counterintuitive to me, as 'blend' implies that you mixing something together so that it is indistinguishable, but apparently that's what a blend is. Digraphs are where two letters are used to represent a single sound - sh, th, wh, ch.
Two consonants that blend together and lose their own individual sounds and create a new unique sound. for example: ch, sh, th chair, shape, though
A digraph. A digraph is when two consonants make one sound. "Ch," "sh," and "th" are other examples.
Write sentences using digraphs.
There are many letters than can be put into a consonant blend. There are 2 types of blends, the beginning blend and the ending blend. Many consonants can be put into both blends. Some consonants like Q, W can only be put in a beginning blend, but not the ending blend. Some consonants like J, V, X can only be put into an ending blend, but not the beginning blend. Some consonants like H, Y can't be put into a consonant blend and can only be an individual consonant. The H and Y also can only start a certain syllable, and they can't really end a certain syllable. With the unblended consonants, they make some fun tricks them. With the H, they use it to form a consonant digraph, which are when 2 consonants combine together to make one new sound like in a hybrid bond like CH, the unvoiced J sound, SH, the deeper S sound, etc. Consonant digraphs can be called the "H-brothers" because they often use an H. With the Y, they sometimes use it to behave like a vowel, so Y is a semi-vowel. The other reason that they use Y as a semi-vowel is because there's only quite a few words that contains Y, typically starting with Y. If Y begins a word or a certain syllable, it's a consonant but if Y is through a certain syllable, it ends a word or a certain syllable, then it's a vowel.
A consonant blend is self-explanitory, it is a series of consanants that are pronounced all together, so 'shr' is a consonant blend, 'sion' is not a consonant blend.
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The word "wholly" does not contain a beginning blend or a digraph. A blend involves two consonants that are pronounced together at the beginning of a word, while a digraph consists of two letters that combine to make a single sound. In "wholly," the initial sound "wh" is considered a digraph, but it does not have a blend.
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The word "wholly" contains a beginning digraph "wh" which creates a /hw/ sound, rather than a blend.
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"Clearance" contains a blend. The "cl" at the beginning of the word is a consonant blend, where two consonants are pronounced together without losing their individual sounds. A digraph, on the other hand, consists of two letters that combine to make one sound, like "ch" in "chat." Therefore, "clearance" includes a blend, not a digraph.
"Scorch" contains a blend. A blend is when two or more consonants are combined together, with each consonant retaining its individual sound, as seen in the "sc" at the beginning of "scorch." On the other hand, a digraph involves two letters that create a single sound, such as "sh" or "ch." Thus, "scorch" is categorized as having a blend, not a digraph.
A beginning blend consists of two consonants blended together at the beginning of a word, such as "bl" in "blend." A digraph is two consonants that make a single sound, such as "ch" in "chat."
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