Consonant blend occur when two different consonant sounds follow each other in a word. For example in the words (black,bread,store) the first two letters are consonants and there are no vowels between them . Thus /bl /, /br/ and /St/ are consonants blends or consonant clusters.
Look at the some possible consonant blends and examples of words in which they occur; both at the initial and final position of words.
1. bl- black, bleak, blame
2. br - break,bread, broom
3. Pl - please, plan,play
4. pr - pray,prey, print
5.sm- smoke, small, smart
6.sn - snake, sneak, snack
7. st - stop,store ,start
8.sp - sport, speak,spy, spend
9.sk - sky,skirt,skip,skill
10.kw - quick, queen, quench
11.gr- grass, great, grow
12 .tr - tree,tray,transport
Three blends (two)
1.spr - spray, spread, spring
2.str - strong, stream, stretch
3.spl - splash, spleen
4.scr - scratch, scrap,scream
Final blends (two)
1. nd - lend,bend, send
2.st - first,must, fast
3. ft - soft,lift, left
4.vz - lives, halves, shelves
5. ks - box, six, picks
6.ld - old, cold, child
7.pt - swept, kept, wept
8.sk - ask,task,desk
EXERCISE
Using the following consonants clusters to build new words
1. bl____,___,___.
2.br____,____,__.
3.nd___,___,___.
4.sn____,___,__.
5.sp___,___,___.
6.sk___,___,___.
7.kw___,___,___.
8.sm___,___,___.
9.pl___,___,____.
10spr___,__,___.
Stay Bless
 BS 3){kind=link}
0 Comments