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WEEK 8.
Speech work: Consonant Clusters.
ASPECT: Speech work
TOPIC: CONSONANT CLUSTERS
Describing Consonant Clusters
Consonant clusters refer to a situation where a word begins with two or three consonants or ends with two, three or four consonants. Note that, no vowel sound intervenes between a consonant cluster.
Recognizing the forms of clusters
There are three forms of consonant cluster namely
- two consonant cluster
- three consonant cluster
Two consonant cluster
INITIAL – FINAL
Black /bl/ – best /st/
Bread/br/ – sons /nz/
Cloud /kl/ – bells /lz/
Cry /kr/ – pots /ts/
Drop /dr/ – caps /ps/
Great /gr/ – books /ks/
Play /pl/ – teams /mz/
Speak /sp/ – legs /gz/
Tree /tr/ – inflict /kt/
Dwell /dw/ – ant /nt/
Frog /fr/ – task /sk/
Pray /pr/ – lump /mp/, etc
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