Learning English Grammar

Consonant Diagraphs

A consonant diagraph is made up of two or three consonants with a simple, single sound.

A consonant diagraph is different from a consonant blend because consonant blend makes two (or three) sounds while a consonant digraph makes only one sound.

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_ ch _

bench
beseech
bleach
branch
bunch
chain
chair
chalk
change
charm
chart
charter
chat
check
cheer
chef
chess
chest
chew
chick
child
chill
chin
choke
chop
chum
church
churn
clutch
ditch
Dutch
hunch
inch
launch
lunch
pinch
pitch
porch
punch
quench
stitch

_ ng _

bring
hang
hung
king
long
rang
ring
rung
sing
sang
sung
thing
wing

_ nk _

bank
blank
blink
chunk
ink
junk
link
monk
pink
plunk
punk
rank
rink
sank
sink
tank
thank
think
wink

_ ph _

graph
phonics
telephone

_ sh _

bash
brush
bush
cash
crash
crush
dash
dish
fish
fresh
hash
hush
mash
push
sash
shall
shape
shark
sharp
shed
sheep
shelf
shell
shi
shift
shin
ship
sho
shock
shoes
shop
shot
show
shul
shun
shut
smash
splash
trash
rush
wish

_ th _

bath
beneath
breath
cloth
fourth
health
Math
month
mouth
myth
oath
path
teeth
than
thank
that
the
theater
their
them
then
there
therefore
these
thick
thin
thing
this
tho
thorn
those
though
thought
thumb
thump
thunder
wealth
wrath
youth

_ wh _

whale
what
wheat
where
which
whim
whip
whisk
whistle
white
who
why

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