An Introduction to English Orthography

Question 0

Digraphs with h

Answer 0

ch (chin school charade) 
gh (ghost)
ph (phone)
sh (shine) 
th (thin, then) 
wh (whale, whom)

Question 1

Variant Consonants

Answer 1

c, g, (cot, cent, get, giraffe)

Question 2

Digraphs with first silent letter

Answer 2

ck neck
gn gnat
kn know
wr wren

Question 3

Digraph cluster following a short vowel

Answer 3

dge - ledge

tch - match

Question 4

additional digraph

Answer 4

ng - song

Question 5

blends- initial

Answer 5

r - green
l - clear
s - spine
     strap
tw twine

Question 6

blends - final

Answer 6

ld  held
lk  talk
nd pond
nk sink
nt want

Question 7

Special combination of consonant and vowel

Answer 7

ci - cruicial
si - pension
ti - nation

Question 8

single- short vowels

Answer 8

(with breves)

a apple
e elephant 
u itch 
o octopus 
u umbrella

Question 9

single - long vowels

Answer 9

(with line across top each vowel)
a ape
e event 
i ivy
o open
u and oo uniform and crude

Question 10

single vowels- third sound

Answer 10

a father (father) (two dots above a)

o oo move (mooove)
u oo bush (boosh)

Question 11

digraphs/ diphthongs with a

Answer 11

au as /a/(marcon) pain
ay as /a/(marcon) play
ay as /aw/ caution
aw as /aw/ straw

Question 12

Digraphs with a

Answer 12

ee as /e/ (marcon) weed
ea as /e/(marcon) meat
/e/(breve)dead
/a/(circumflex) great

ie as /e/(line) belief
/i/ (-) tie

ei as /e/(-) (after c) recieve
/a/(-) rein
ey as /e/ (-)monkey
/a/ (-) prey

Question 13

digraphs with diphtongs with o

Answer 13

oa as /o/(marcon) bloat
oi as /oy/ noise
oy as /oy/ toy
oo as /oo/(marcon) soon
	/oo/ (w/ breve) took

ou as /ow/ trout
/u/ (little u) young
/o/ (line) soul
/oo/ (line) troupe

ow as /ow/ owl
/o/ (line) blow