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PHONICS

Phonemes
Diagraphs
Trigraphs
Quadgraphs
Practise your sounds as a
whole class, using the digital
flashcards on the following
slides.
Phonemes are the smallest units
of sound in a language that can
change the meaning of a word
when swapped with another
sound.
For example, the
words "bat" and "pat"
differ only in the
initial phoneme (/b/
a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
i
j
k
l
m
n
o
p
q
r
s
t
u
v
w
x
y
z
A digraph is a combination of two
letters that represent a single
phoneme or sound.

The two letters


Examples together represent a
include unique sound that
"sh", "th", cannot be produced
"ch", and by either letter
"ph".
ui
ph
wr
qu
ea
oa
sh
th
ai
ay
oi
oy
or
oe
ch
gu
ck
aw
ar
ed
ng
pn
gh
ew
wh
ge
si
ti
ie
eu
rh
eo
gi
sc
ce
di
ci
ou
kn
ow
ee
ey
ei
oo
er
ir
ur
A trigraph is a Examples
combination of include "tch"
three letters as in "catch",
that represent a "dge" as in
single sound or "judge", and
phoneme. "igh" as in
"high".
igh
tch
sci
ear
ea
dg
our
A quadraph is a combination of
four letters that represent a
single sound or phoneme.
Quadraphs are rare in English.
An example is
"eigh" as in
"neighbour".
aig
eig
au
ou

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