LISTEN

Listen to the audio recording below.

PRACTICE

Groups of consonant sounds are called consonant clusters. Read these clusters and practice clearly pronouncing all of the sounds in the clusters.

Ending in “p”:    -rp    -sp    -mp

Practice:      warp      sharp      clasp      wasp      bump      stump

Ending in “s”:    -ds    -rs    -ts    -ps    -rts    -ves

Practice:      attends adopters      credits      ships      exports      lives

Ending in “k” & “ks”:    -rk    -nk    -lk    -sk    -sks    -ks

Practice:      work think      balk      ask      asks      attacks

Ending in “t”:    -rt    -nt    -ct    -ft    -pt    -st

Practice:      alert account      affect      draft      accept      receipt* first

(*The word receipt is irregular, the “p” is never pronounced.)

Ending in “th” & “ths”:    -nth    -nths    -fth    -ths    -thes

Practice:      millionth months      fifths      youths      bathes

Ending in “ch”:    -nch    -rch    -tch

Practice:      launch search      pitch      crutch

Ending in “ing” & “ings”:    -ing    -ings    -inging

Practice:      according buildings      singing

Endings that blend with “r”:    -rf    -rb    -rn    -rm    -rd

Practice:      turf blurb      torn      uniform      word