Elementary consonant clusters odd one out

Elementary consonant clusters odd one out

Listen to three words and indicate which has different pronunciation by holding up one, two or three fingers. The differences could be the number of syllables, vowel, consonant, etc.

Circle the one word on each line below with different pronunciation, then listen to your teacher say all three to check.

Ask about any which you are still not sure about, got wrong, don’t understand, etc. (Those in italics aren’t important to understand as long as you can catch the pronunciation).

Test each other on the vocabulary:

• do the same listening for the odd one out activity
• say and spell one which has one with the same pronunciation on the same line and see if your partner can say and spell the other
• say two which have different pronunciation and see if your partner can explain what the difference in pronunciation and/ or meaning are
• define one of the words, say the two pronunciations on that line, and see if your partner can repeat back the right one
• say a consonant cluster and a number of syllables and see if your partner can say English words that start or end that way and are that length

 

Work together to write as many words as you can in each of these categories:

• One-syllable words with initial bl
• One-syllable words with initial br
• One-syllable words with initial fl
• Two-syllable words with initial fl
• One-syllable words with initial fr
• One-syllable words with initial gl
• One-syllable words with initial gr
• One-syllable words with initial kl
• One-syllable words with initial pl
• One-syllable words with initial sl
• One-syllable words with initial str
• One-syllable words with initial st
• One-syllable words with initial sw
• One-syllable words with final nd
• One-syllable words with final nt
• One-syllable words with final st

 

Check below, brainstorm more, then compare your extra ideas as a class.

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Initial bl consonant clusters

1. blew/ blue/ brew

 

Initial br consonant clusters

2. Blake/ break/ brake

 

Initial fl consonant clusters

3. floor/ flower/ flour

 

Initial fr consonant clusters

4. fleece/ freeze/ frees
5. fleas/ flees/ freeze

 

Initial gl consonant clusters

6. glue/ grew/ Gru

 

Initial gr consonant clusters

7. great/ grade/ grate

 

Initial kl consonant clusters

8. climbs/ climes/ crimes

 

Initial pl consonant clusters

9. please/ pleas/ police

 

Initial sl consonant clusters

10. silo/ sloe/ slow

 

Initial st consonant clusters

11. stairs/ stares/ stirs
12. steal/ steel/ still

 

Initial str consonant clusters

13. straight/ strait/ strayed

 

Initial sw consonant clusters

14. suite/ sweet/ seat

 

Final nd consonant clusters

15. mind/ mine/ mined

 

Final nt consonant clusters

16. aren’t/ aunt/ earnt
17. scent/ send/ sent

 

Final st consonant clusters

18. pass/ past/ passed