What is a Digraph ? Best Notes (For Primary Students)
What is a Digraph ?
A digraph is a group of two letters that work together to make one sound.
In a consonant digraph, two consonants join to produce a single sound.
Example: sh in ship makes one sound.
Digraph āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§ āĻāĻŋ ?
āĻĄāĻžāĻāĻā§ā§°āĻžāĻĢ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§ āĻĻā§āĻāĻž āĻāĻā§° āĻāĻā§āĻ˛āĻā§ āĻŽāĻŋāĻ˛āĻŋ āĻāĻāĻž āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ§ā§āĻŦāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻˇā§āĻāĻŋ āĻā§°āĻžāĨ¤ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻā§āĻāĻ¨ āĻĄāĻžāĻāĻā§ā§°āĻžāĻĢāĻ¤ āĻĻā§āĻāĻž āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻā§āĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻā§āĻ˛āĻā§ āĻŽāĻŋāĻ˛āĻŋ āĻāĻāĻž āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ§ā§āĻŦāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĨ¤
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: ship āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤ sh āĻāĻāĻž āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ§ā§āĻŦāĻ¨āĻŋāĨ¤
Beginning Digraph (āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻā§° āĻā§°āĻŽā§āĻāĻŖāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻĄāĻžāĻāĻā§ā§°āĻžāĻĢ)
sh sound
- Sheep – āĻā§āĻĄāĻŧāĻž
- Ship – āĻāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ
- Shoe – āĻā§āĻ¤āĻž
- Shark – āĻšāĻžāĻā§°
th sound
- Three – āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ
- Thee – āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ
- Throw – āĻĒā§āĻ˛ā§ā§ąāĻž
- They – āĻ¤ā§āĻāĻāĻ˛ā§āĻā§
wh sound
- Whole – āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒā§ā§°ā§āĻŖ
- Why – āĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧ
- What – āĻāĻŋ
- Who – āĻā§āĻ¨
ch sound
- Chick – āĻā§āĻā§ā§°āĻž āĻĒā§ā§ąāĻžāĻ˛āĻŋ
- Chase – āĻā§āĻĻāĻž
- Cheat – āĻ āĻā§ā§ąāĻž
- Chair – āĻāĻā§
Ending Digraph (āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻā§° āĻļā§āĻˇāĻ¤ āĻĄāĻžāĻāĻā§ā§°āĻžāĻĢ)
th sound
- Bath – āĻ¸ā§āĻ¨āĻžāĻ¨
- Path – āĻĒāĻĨ
- With – āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§
- Cloth – āĻāĻžāĻĒā§ā§°
th (soft sound)
- Teeth – āĻĻāĻžāĻāĻ¤
- Mouth – āĻŽā§āĻ
- South – āĻĻāĻā§āĻˇāĻŋāĻŖ
- Earth – āĻĒā§āĻĨāĻŋā§ąā§
ch sound
- Much – āĻŦāĻšā§āĻ¤
- Such – āĻāĻ¨ā§
- Rich – āĻ§āĻ¨ā§
- Bench – āĻŦā§āĻā§āĻ
sh sound
- Fish – āĻŽāĻžāĻ
- Wish – āĻāĻā§āĻāĻž
- Wash – āĻ§ā§āĻŦ
- Push – āĻ ā§āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
Key Points for Students
- Two letters one sound
- Common digraphs: sh, ch, th, wh
- Digraph can be at the beginning or ending of a word