Consonant Diagraph "CH"

Consonant  diagraph= two consonants that make one sound.

“CH”    … It can sound hard-  such as in choir, Christmas

             … It can sound soft- as a sh such as in chivalry

            …. It can be spelled with “ch”, “tch” or “tu”

Soft ch/ch	Soft ch/ tch	Soft ch/tu
Chat	Match	Furniture
Such	Witch	Picture
Much	Switch	Lecture
Dutch	Crutch	Pasture
Chap	Scratch	Century
Chill	Batch	Nature
Rich	Catch	Mixture
Chip	Itch	Literature
chop	Stretch	Creature
bench	patch	future

“Consonant diagraph”= dos consonantes que combinan para hacer un solo sonido

“CH”: puede tener un sonido duro- como en las palabras “choir, Christmas”

          … puede tener un sonido suave- como un /sh/ en “chivalry”

          … puede ser deletreado con “ch, tch, o tu”

Practica estas Traga Lenguas-------Practice these Tongue Twisters:

Chop shops stock chops.

Charles is a cheerful chicken-farmer.  He chuckles at the chance of a choice chicken to chew for his lunch.

Heteronyms.... Palabras para aprender

HETERONYMS:   

Heteronyms are words that are spelled the same, but are pronounced differently and have different meanings.  In speaking, the meaning is understood from the sentence context.   These common ones have to be memorized. 

“Heteronyms” son palabras que se escriben igual, pero se pronuncian diferentes y tienen significados diferentes.  Al hablar, el significado se entiende por el contexto de la oración.  Estas palabras comunes tienen que ser memorizados.  Vea la lista y consulta un diccionario. 

bow	/baʊ /	The forward part of a boat;  to take a bow
bow	/bo/  with long o	A weapon;  a knot
does	/doz/ with long o	Female deer
does	/duz/	From the verb “do”
hinder	/i/ Long	Back part
hinder	/i/ short	To prevent
job	/o/ short	A duty
Job	/o/ long	A man’s name
lead	/e/ short	A metal
lead	/e/ long	To show the way
polish	/o/ short	To shine
Polish	/o/ long	Of the country of Poland
read	/e/ long	Present tense of “to read”
read	/e/ short	Past tense of “to read”
row	/o/ long	A file;  row a boat
row	/raʊ /	A tumult
sewer	/u/ long	A ditch or drain
sewer	/o/ long	One who sews
shower	/o/ long	One who exhibits
shower	/aʊ /	A light rain
sow	/o/ long	To scatter seads
sow	/aʊ/	A female pig
tear	/ɪə/	To pull apart
tear	/e/ long	A drop of liquid from the eye
wind	/i/ short	Air in motion
wind	/i/ long	To twist
wound	/oo/	An injury
wound	/aʊ/	Twisted

Como sabes si es “ei” o “ie”?

“Ei” or “ie” ???  How do you know? 

Generally the “i” comes before the “e” except after “c”:   such as in the words: brief, priest, chief, believe, field, niece, relief, yield;  and: ceiling, conceit, deceive, receive.

When the sound is long /a/ “ei” is used as in the words: eight, reign, rein, skein, veil, heir, vein.

Other exceptions:  Neither foreign sovereign seized (the) counterfeit (and) forfeited leisure.  As well as: either, weird, heifer, height.  

Como sabes si es “ei” o “ie”? 

Mayormente  el “i” viene antes del “e” al menos que éste sigue la letra “c”:  como en las palabras notados.

Cuando el sonido es de un “long”/a/ el “ei” se usa como en las palabras: Vea arriba.

Otros excepciones son las siguientes palabras: