Digraph, Trigraph And Silent Letter

 

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.