Consonant clusters: frog, lamp

For grown-ups: this lesson in words

Years 1 and 2 · English

Consonant clusters: frog, lamp: I can blend sounds side by side, like in frog.

1. Here is the word frog. Listen to every sound.

   /f/ /r/ /o/ /g/

   frog! Say both sounds at the start.

   Picture: Sound tiles f, r, o and g blend into the word "frog", with a picture of a frog.

2. Your turn: Blend these sounds. Which picture is it?

   Picture: Sound tiles c, r, a and b blend into the word "crab".

   Choose one:

   • car: car
   • crab: crab
   • cat: cat

   Answer

   The answer: crab

   /k/ /r/ /a/ /b/. crab!

   Picture: Sound tiles c, r, a and b blend into the word "crab", with a picture of a crab.

3. Sounds can sit side by side at the end too.

   /h/ /a/ /n/ /d/

   hand! /n/ and /d/ sit together at the end.

   Picture: Sound tiles h, a, n and d blend into the word "hand", with a picture of a hand.

Words to know

blend:

Push the sounds together to say the word.

cluster:

Two or three sounds side by side, like at the start of frog.

chunk:

A part of a long word, like sun in sunset.