Consonant Blends
A consonant blend consists of two or three consonants whose sounds are blended together. Each letter sound is heard in the blend. The most common beginning consonant blends include the following: bl, br, cl, cr, dr, fl, fr, tr, gl, gr, pl, pr, sl, sm, sp and st. Blends can also occur at the end of a word as seen here in the word “past”. The common three consonant blends include: str, spl, and spr.
Teachers will usually teach the “L” blends first (bl, cl, fl, gl, pl and sl) and then move onto the “R” blends.
Consonant Blends and Consonant Digraphs
While the consonant blends allow you to hear the sounds of both letters in the blend; the consonant digraph brings letters together to create one sound. The most common digraphs are ch, sh, th, and wh.
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