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Consonant Digraphs: sh, ch, th, wh, ck and ph Worksheet
Name each picture and write the two letters that make its digraph sound.
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Consonant Digraphs: sh, ch, th, wh, ck and ph
8 questions, one page, US Letter. Print it and do it on paper.
On the sheet: Name each picture. Write the two missing digraph letters to complete its word.
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About this worksheet
A digraph is two letters that make one sound: sh in ship, ch in chin, th in thin, wh in whale, ph in phone, and ck at the end of sock.
Children who know single letter sounds often try to sound out s-h separately. Learning that some pairs stay together is the next step in reading and spelling.
A worked example
A picture of a ship, with __ip under it.
- Say the word for the picture: ship.
- Tap the sounds: /sh/ /i/ /p/. The first sound is /sh/.
- /sh/ is one sound written with two letters: s and h.
- Write sh to finish the word: ship.
Answer: sh (ship)
The common mistake
What it looks like: Writing one letter for the digraph sound, like sip for ship or cin for chin.
Why it happens: The child hears one sound and expects one letter, as with every sound they learned before.
How to fix it: Tap the sounds and count the letters: ship has three sounds but four letters, because s and h share one tap.
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