Lesson 4 Spelling
Some of our consonants also have more than one sound. We have also certain combinations of consonants which represent one sound. This combination of two letters to represent one sound is called a digraph, as gh, in cough, ch in church. A digraph may either be a combination of two consonants or of two vowels or of a vowel and a consonant. The following table contains the consonants which have more than one sound:
c—k as in cat c—s as in vice g—j as in ginger g—hard as in go s—sh as in sure s—zh as in usual s—soft as in also s—z as in does x—soft as in extra x—gz as in exist
The following table gives the digraphs most commonly used:
ng—as in ring, tongue ch—as in church and much ch—k as in chasm ch—sh as in chagrin th—as in then, those th—as in thin and worth ce—sh as in ocean ci—sh as in special dg—j as in edge gh—f as in rough ph—f as in sylph qu—kw as in quart qu—k as in conquer sh—as in shall si—sh as in tension si—zh as in vision ti—sh as in motion
The use of these digraphs gives us a number of additional sounds. Notice the use of the consonants which have more than one sound and also the digraphs in the spelling lesson for the week. Mark the consonants and digraphs.
Monday
Commence
Certain
General
Gradual
Sugar
Tuesday
Soldier
Season
Pleasure
Exact
Exercise
Wednesday
Singular
Chemistry
Chapter
Machine
Changing
Thursday
Theory
Thither
Ocean
Racial
Budget
Friday
Philosophy
Enough
Quorum
Bouquet
Phonetic
Saturday
Permission
Asia
Attention
Marshall
Martial