Category: phonemes and graphemes

I am creating lists of one-syllable words sorted by sound. This week, the sound is /d/, which can be spelled, ‘d’, ‘dd’, or ‘ed’.  Beginning consonant blends with the /d/ sound include dr and dw. Ending consonant blends with the /d/ sound include dge, ld, nd, rd, and ds. If you can think of any other…

an introduction to graphemes The English language has over forty sounds but only twenty-six letters. Because there are fewer letters than sounds, many sounds, such as the /ch/ in chip, are represented by a letter pair or letter group. Learning to read English would be difficult enough if this were the only quirk of the…