Blends and Digraphs: A Word List for Literacy Fun!
Blends and digraphs are essential building blocks for young readers and writers. They add complexity and richness to the English language, making words more interesting and challenging to decipher. Here is a list of words categorized by blend and digraph, designed to help learners practice and reinforce their understanding.
Blends:
Blends are two or three consonants that work together to create a new sound.
1. "bl"
- Black
- Blue
- Blank
- Blower
2. "cl"
- Cloud
- Clean
- Click
- Climb
3. "fl"
- Flower
- Flight
- Flame
- Float
4. "gl"
- Glass
- Glove
- Glide
- Glitter
5. "gr"
- Green
- Great
- Group
- Grown
6. "pl"
- Plant
- Play
- Plane
- Plump
7. "sl"
- Sleep
- Slide
- Slow
- Slip
8. "sn"
- Snake
- Snow
- Snug
- Sniff
9. "sp"
- Space
- Spell
- Spin
- Spot
10. "st"
- Star
- Stone
- Stop
- Stick
11. "sw"
- Sweet
- Swim
- Swing
- Swan
12. "tr"
- Train
- Tree
- Trip
- Truck
13. "dr"
- Dream
- Drive
- Drop
- Draw
14. "fr"
- Frog
- Fruit
- Frame
- Friend
15. "br"
- Brown
- Bridge
- Break
- Brush
16. "cr"
- Crown
- Crack
- Cross
- Crumb
17. "pr"
- Price
- Prime
- Press
Digraphs:
Digraphs are two letters that work together to create one sound.
1. "sh"
- Ship
- Show
- Sheep
- Shoot
2. "ch"
- Chair
- Check
- Cheap
- Chest
3. "th"
- Think
- This
- That
- There
4. "wh"
- What
- Where
- When
- While
5. "ph"
- Phone
- Photo
- Phrase
- Physics
6. "ck"
- Ckick
- Ckettle
- Ckoach
- Cke
7. "ng"
- Ng
- Sing
- Long
- Ring
8. "kn"
- Knife
- Knock
- Knuckle
- Known
9. "wr"
- Write
- Wrong
- Wrinkle
- Wrestler
10. "gh"
- Ghost
- Ghough
- Eight
- Enough
11. "ey"
- Eye
- They
- Stey
- Fley
12. "ay"
- Ay
- Stay
- Play
- Say
This list serves as a starting point for exploring blends and digraphs. There are many more words with these combinations, encouraging young learners to explore the vast and wonderful world of words! Through practice and playful exploration, children will gain confidence and fluency in reading and writing, unlocking the secrets of the English language.