Definitions
a consonant in a printed word that is not pronounced
What is a silent consonant?
Candy, card, cantaloupe
What i a hard C?
the /j/ sound the letter gtypically represents when followed by an i, e, or y
What is a soft G?
Good, Great, Gone
What is a hard G?
General, gymnastics, large, energy, gas
What is gas? (The rest are soft G)
A letter, or combination of letters, that represent a single sound
What is a grapheme?
Knight, thumb, knock
What is a silent consonant?
the /th/ sound made when the vocal cords vibrate
What is a voiced TH?
Gym, giant, giraffe
What is a soft G?
Comb, island, walk cat
What is cat? (The rest are silent have a silent consonant)
The /k/ sound the letter c typically represents when followed by an a, o, or u
What is a hard C?
cider, Century, cent
What is a soft C?
the /th/ sound made when the vocal cords do not vibrate
What is an unvoiced TH?
This, that,
What is a voice TH?
Feather, than, them, think
What is think? ( the rest are voiced TH) (yes, i promise it is right, it looked up examples, lol)
the /s/ sound the letter ctypically represents when followed by an
What is a soft C?
F, oa, ough, ought
What is a grapheme?
two or three adjacent consonants in a syllable, each of which is heard
What is a consonant blend?
Twin, Mask, Street
What is a consonant blend?
Elephant, chips, mask, sheep
What is mask? ( the rest are consonant digraphs)
the /g/ sound the letter gtypically represents when followed by an a, o, or u
What is a hard G?
Thing, with,
What is an unvoiced TH?
two or more consonants that together represent a single sound
What is a consonant digraph?
Ship, Chin, watch
What is a consonant diagraph?
Street, brand, task, grass
What is grass? ( the rest are consonant blends)