Lesson 2

Digraph, Trigraph And Silent Letter

Digraph

When two letters of the alphabet combine to make one sound, they are called digraphs.

Digraph	Sound	Words
sh	ش	Sheep, Shock,   Shelf,  Fish
ch	ک	Chorus, mechanic
ch	چ	Chop, chill, cheat, chin
ch	ش	Machine, chandelier
th	تھ	Thing, thin, throw

Digraph	Sound	Words
th	د	This,  that,  the,  them
gh	ف/گھ	Laugh, rough, ghost, cough
ph	ف/پھ	Phone, photo, shepherd
ck	ک	Clock, duck, truck, thick
wh	و	What, where, when, why

                                                                              

Trigraph

A group of three letters which give one sound is called a trigraph. For example “tch” in the word switch is a trigraph

Words with  “tch”

Latch	pitcher	scrutch	kitchen	butcher	watch	snatch
dispatch	pitch	ditch	scratch	sketch	dutch	matchbox
match	stitch	Ketchup	witch	hatch	fetch	bewitch

Words with  “igh”

high	Sigh	thigh	Right	light	bright	fright	Night	flight	fight
tight	sight	height

Silent Letters

There are some letters which are not spoken in some words. These unspoken letters are called silent letters.

Silent  “r”

Dirty			Flower			Butterfly
Bark			Park			Garden

Silent  “g”

Sign			Foreign			Reign
Resign			Design			Resign

Silent  “t”

Listen			Watch			Fetch
Batch			Hatch			Hatch

Silent  “k”

knife			know			knee
knob			knick			knot

Silent  “s”

island

debris

aisle

Silent  “h”

hour			honest			ghost
what			where			while

Silent  “b”

thumb			doubt			plumber
comb			tomb			climb

Silent  “u”

guess

guard

tongue

Silent  “L”

half

calm

talk

Silent  “w”

write			wrong			wrap
who			whom			whole

Silent  “n”

column

autumn

damn

Silent  “p”

pslam

psychiatry

psychology

Silent  “igh”

bright			weight			high
neighbor			fligh			sight

Silent  “gh”

taught

caught

bought

Exercise

1.       What is digraph? Write two words with “ph” and “ck” .

2.       What is difference between digraph and trigraph.