Diagraphs Ch, Sh, Wh, Th, And Th - English Worksheet
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Lesson 51
Digraphs CH , SH , WH , TH , and TH
Skills Review
• Digraphs are two consonants that stand together but make only one consonant sound (e.g., math;
chat).
• Digraphs are joined with an arc and do not split in multi-syllabic words.
• Digraphs can begin or end words (e.g., shut; wish).
• The new consonant sounds are ch (as in church and such), sh (as in shirt and dish), wh (as in
wheel and white), th voiceless (as in think and bath), and th voiced (as in this and that). (Note: To
pronounce wh correctly, air should blow softly from the mouth when saying the sound.)
• If a silent e comes after the th Digraph, it makes the vowel long (e.g., cloth/clothe; bath/bathe).
• When a short vowel sound is heard right before the /ch/ sound, the ch will be spelled -tch (e.g.,
match; pitch). Exceptions: rich, much, which, such, touch.
• Sometimes, the ch sounds like /sh/ (e.g., chef) or /k/ (e.g., chord).
DECODING
Arc the consonants together that make a Digraph.
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*
chip
ship
whip
thin
then
clothe
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X
X
X
X
X
X
Note: Mark a
under the th to show that it is voiceless. Mark a
under the th to show that is it
voiced.
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*
thin
then
X
X
When a Digraph ends a one-syllable word, mark it with only one guardian consonant because it makes
only one sound.
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*
much
mash
math
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X
X
If a word that ends in a Digraph has another guardian consonant before it, mark the word with two
guardian stars.
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ranch
match
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X
A. Mark and prove these words.
b e a c h
c a s h
b a t h e
w h i n e
l u n c h
s h i r t
c h u r c h
t h i n g
i t c h
s h e
B. Mark and prove these multi-syllabic words that contain Digraphs. Remember that Digraphs do not split.
b e n e a t h c h a p t e r
s h a r p e n w h i m p e r a t h l e t e
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