The combined consonants in a "consonant blend" are each heard with their original sound, such as BL in the word black, where the B and L are both distinct.
Some blends are :
BL, CL, FL, GL, SL
BR, CR, DR, FR, GR, PR, TR
SC, SK, SM, SN, SP, ST, SW
Other consonant groups are more difficult because they change to a different sound (like CH or PH) or have silent letters (like CHR or WH).
Words with consonant blends are easier to spell when they only have a single consonant. In general, they can only have to three consonants.
Two consonant blends, st and ng
Sounding out words by separating a larger word into the smaller sounds (both vowel and consonant sounds and blends) that make it up.
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Words with consonant blends are easier to spell when they only have a single consonant. In general, they can only have to three consonants.
The three major types of consonant blends are initial blends (blends at the beginning of a word, e.g., "bl"), final blends (blends at the end of a word, e.g., "st"), and medial blends (blends in the middle of a word, e.g., "sk").
Two consonant blends, st and ng
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example of consonant blends ending in sh
A consonant bigraph is a combination of two consonant letters that make a single sound, such as "sh" in ship or "ch" in chat. They are often taught in phonics to help students understand sound blends in words.
Some examples of words with consonant blends include: "blender," "street," "splash," and "chopstick." These words have two or more consonants that are pronounced together without a vowel sound in between.
The word "blends" cannot be syllabicated as it only has one syllable.
br: brain, break, embracebl: blame, problem, blisscr: create, cry, discreditdr : drum, adrift, dresssh: shut, wish, usherth: thin, path, gatherch: teach, chill, beachsn: snap, parsnip, fans- pr:expressions,prayers
Why don't you look at your question a little closer? I see two words that start with consonant blends. Instead of pronouncing the initial consonants separately, they are blended together. Try pronouncing them together and seeing how they sound.
Sounding out words by separating a larger word into the smaller sounds (both vowel and consonant sounds and blends) that make it up.
The S is probably the most suitable letter for the first letter in a certain beginning consonant blend. With the "sC" format (The "C" means "consonant"), there are various options to link the first S with a beginning consonant blend. Here are the variable options for the consonant blends: sc sch (Note: CH is a consonant digraph with the unvoiced J sound) sf sk sl sm sn sp sq sr st sw There's something fascinating about the first S beginning consonant. This consonant blend type can be put into a triple blend with the "sCC" format. Here are some examples of triple blends: scl scr sfl sfr skl skr spl spr str stw Trivia with First S Beginning Consonant Blend: Firstly, there's a fun trick with the SC blend. Whenever the C/G is followed by an E, I, or Y, then they'll soften into an S/J sound. However, if the soft C is combined into an SC blend with the "SC+E, I, Y" spelling format, then the C becomes silent and we just pronounce the S like it was an individual consonant rather than a blend. During the SC blend, the only situation when the C is pronounced is during the hard C case, which is when the following letter is anything else. There are some rule-breakers exceptions like "muscle", in which the C is silent despite that the SC blend is in a hard C case with the following letters not a softener. Secondly, the CH is consonant digraph that sounds like an unvoiced J like chair, chain, chart, chop, etc. Sometimes, the CH won't make the unvoiced J sound, but they'll remain the normal C sound, which is the K sound like character, chemical, chorus, cholera, etc. In this case, if there's an SCH blend, but the CH digraph remains the normal C sound, which is the K sound, then we pronounce it as the SC blend, and these examples include school, schedule, scheme, schooner, etc. Thirdly, there's a fun trick, which is there are several consonant blends which can both the beginning and ending blend, which includes, SC, SCH, SK, SP, ST, etc. consonant blends. Technically speaking, the S is probably the most suitable first letter in a certain beginning consonant blend as there are quite many various options to link with another consonant to form a blend. The C also have quite various options but some bonds like the CF, CM, CN, CP, CT, etc. can't be a beginning consonant blend, therefore the C doesn't work very suitably as S. The S also have some fun tricks with their beginning consonant blends, which is that their blends can be tripled and there are several consonant blends which can be both a beginning and an ending blend. That means that the S should be the most suitable first letter in the beginning consonant blend.