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Chapter 2: Consonant digraphs: sh and ch

  • Strand Phonics
  • Level Level 2
  • Practice 71 questions with step-by-step solutions

Step-by-step practice: English (Level 2). Small steps, repeated until fluent. Content: Say that sh and ch each make one sound, not two, Find the picture whose name has a given digraph at the start or end, Choose the digraph that begins a written word, Tell apart sh and ch words that differ by one sound.

Open Level 2 chapter

By the end of this chapter you will be able to

  • I can say that sh and ch each make one sound
  • I can find the picture whose name starts with sh or ch
  • I can choose sh or ch to start a written word
  • I can tell apart a sh word and a ch word

You should already know

  • Letter sounds from Level 1 and Chapter 1 of Level 2

Where this leads

  • Consonant digraphs th and ng (Chapter 3)

Lessons in this chapter

  1. 2.1 The sound sh
  2. 2.2 The sound ch
  3. 2.3 Telling sh and ch apart
  4. 2.4 Starting a written word with sh or ch
  5. 2.5 sh and ch in the middle and at the end
  6. Summary and key words
  7. Check-up and practice test questions

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