Topic 4B Consonant Letter Clusters

B)  Consonant letter clusters                                                       

There are many letters combining with letter ‘l / r’.

In the initial position

bl      cl      fl      gl      pl      sl                           

black, blank,  bleak, blink, clean, clear, clank, clink, clip, fly, fling, flank, flop, glance, glare, glue, please, plan, plane, slim, slip, sleep, slap

At the back position ended in the letter ‘e’.

ble    cle    fle     gle    ple    sle    dle    kle    tle

able, table, bubble, uncle, cycle, bicycle, angle, tangle, eagle, people, apple, ample, tussle,  candle, paddle, peddle,  buckle,  tackle, pickle, little, kettle, bottle

In the initial position

br     cr     dr     fr      gr     pr                    tr

brake, bread, brand, create, crane, crate, drag, drain, drink, fry, friend, frame, green, great, grin,  grit, pray, prime, prone, train, try, trim

At the back position ended in the letter ‘e’.

cre            dre                                           tre   

acre          cadre                                                centre

The letter ‘h’ combines with the other letters

ch                     gh    ph                    th                  sh                wh

chair, change, watch,  teach, tough,  rough, enough,  physics,   photo  graph,  three,  thread,  them,  health, wealth,     teeth,  share,  wash, wish,   what, where, when, who, whose

The letters ‘hy’ combine with the other letters

chy   ghy   phy   shy   thy    why

mn    column

The letter ‘s’ with the other letters.

In the initial position

sc     scr    sm    sn     sp     spl    spr    sq     st      str    sty

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scam, scan, scar, scare, scream, scratch, screech, screw, small, smell, smart, snail, snow, snack, spell, spoon, spill, splash, spleen, 

spread, spray, spring, square, squirt, squeak, squeal, steam, stem, steep,  stream, string, straight, styrofoam,

At the back position

                                sp     sple                  ste    stle   sty

grasp, ....sple,         taste, paste, waste,  rustle, castle, bustle, tasty, thirsty, 

The letter ‘y’ with the other letters.

by   cy    dy    fy    gy    ky   ly   my   ny   py  ry   sy,  sym   ty   vy   *wy

      cry   dry   fry   gry                                   pry           try        *wry       

lobby, baby, grubby, tendency, relevancy,  Lucy, lady, trendy, tidy, satisfy, ratify, rectify, alergy, energy, lucky,  picky, tricky, quickly, quietly, angrily,  roomy, gloomy, tiny, nanny, shiny,  sunny, grumpy,  lumpy,   bumpy, try, fry,  syringe,  syllable,  syllabus,  symphony,  sympathy, symbol,  twenty, thirty, forty, savy, envy, wavy, *

The double letter clusters

bb    cc     dd    ff      gg    ll       mm   nn    pp    rr      ss     tt      zz

bble          ddle  ffle    ggle                          pple          ssle   ttle    zzle

bubble,  broccoli,  laddle, raffle, giggle, till, ill, fulfill, common, communication, apple,  tassle, hassle, little, kettle, bottle, puzzle, muzzle, nuzzle

The letters ‘dge’

dge   edge         ledge        knowledge                 hedge       bridge       ridge

                                                                                               

C)  The Vowel and Consonant letter clusters

The Vowel letters ‘aeiou’ can combine with any single consonant letters.

 ‘a’   ab      ac     ad     af     ag     ah     aj      ak     al      am    an     ap

      aq       ar     as     at     av     aw    ax     ay     az

absent, abolish, aboard, able, acid, acoustic, active, acute, advice, adapt, adhere, adjust, admire, afraid, agree, ago, agent, age, ahead, ajar, akin, alarm, albeit, albino, album, align, ambulance, amazed, amend, amiable, analyse, anchor, ancestor, anger, apart, ape, apex, aptitude, aqua, aquatic, arid, arcade, arch, architect, argue, ascent, ascribe, atone, atom, atop, avian, average, avenue, awe, away, award, aware, axis,            10.

axle, axon, ayah, aye, ayurvedic, azalea, azure

‘e’     eb     ec     ecc   ed     eff    eg     egg   eh    ej      ek     el      em    en     ep     eq        er     es     et     ev     ew    ex     ey     

ebb, echo,  eclipse,  ecology, eccentric, edit, edition, edible, educate, effect, effete, efficient, egalitarian,  ego, egg,  eh, eject, ek,  laspse, elastic, elated, elbow, elder, elect, elegant, employ, emperor, embalm, embargo, enable, enact, encase, enchant,  epic, epicure, epidemic, equal, equator, equilibrium, erase, erect, erode, erotic, escape, eschew, escort, etch, eternal, even, event, evening,  crew , drew, blew, grew, excuse, exercise, exact, excel, prey,

‘i’      ib      ic      id      if      ig      il       im     in      ip      ir      is      it      iv

‘o’     ob     oc     od     of     og     oh     ok     ol      om    on     op     or     os     oth    ov        ow    ox     oy     oz

‘u’     ub    uc     ud    ug    uk     ul      um    un    up    ur     us     ut

The other letters to go with:

(a)    abl    able            abr    acc    ack    acq    acr    add    affl    affr    aggl  aggr  amm    ann   apl    aple   apr     apple    appre     aqua           

        aqui  arm     arr    art    arth   ash  ass     ast        asth       astr    

       atr     att     attr                                                                                                                                                                                                                   

(e)    edge  eff   effl    effr   ele  elect    ell     equi  exp   expr

(i)     ice    ign    ill      imm  inn   inst  instr  irr

(o)    obl    obs   obst   obstr  obt  obv  occ    odd   off    olym  omn  opp     

        opt    over  oxy

(u)    uck   ult     ultra

The letter ‘r’ after the Vowels ‘aeiou’

ar     er     ir      or     ur

The letter ’r’ after the other Vowel letter clusters

aer    ear    air     iar     oar    aur   eir     ier     our   eer    oor