JSS1 First Term English Language Lesson Note – Consonant Clusters

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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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