BLENDS OF ENGLISH ALPHABETS

BLENDING WORDS

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Blend means mixing like we are grinding two different materials with different tastes and the mixture is having a taste of both the things mixed. Similarly, Here we are mixing sounds of two different consonant letters. Helpful in reading and then in our conversation.

Blends are those words when two consonants mix each other and develop a new sound is called blend. The result is having the sound of both letters but mixed and the new one. W e are merging two sounds.

There are mainly two types of blends:

Initial Blends- If any blend comes at first means at the start of the word is called initial blend. The word begins with a blending sound.

Terminal Blends- If any blend comes at last means the word ends with the blending sound is called terminal blends.

 TABLE 1

SK	SW	SP	SN	SM
Sky	Sweat	Speak	Snack	Smoke
Skill	Swim	Spark	Snake	Smooth
Skirt	Swing	Speed	Snow	Smart
Skin	Sweet	Spade	Snail	Small
Skull	Swan	Sport	Snip	Smile
Skate	Swag	Sparrow	Snore	Smell
Skip	Swell	Spoon	Snatch	Smudge
Skim	Switch	Split	Snell	Smith

    

TABLE 2

BL	CL	GL	PL	SL
Blast	Clean	Glad	Plant	Sleep
Bless	Club	Glue	Play	Slow
Blank	Close	Glove	Plate	Slim
Blind	Click	Globe	Plane	Slip
Black	Cloud	Glass	Planet	Slant
Blow	Clap	Gloom	Please	Slate
Block	Clock	Glory	Place	Slice
Blazer	Class	Glamour	Plum	Sleigh

   

 TABLE 3

BR	DR	FR	PR	TR
Bread	Dress	Fresh	Pram	Trunk
Branch	Drink	Fruits	Prayer	Tree
Brain	Dream	Frog	Prism	Truck
Bridge	Drop	Frame	Press	Train
Broom	Draw	Friend	Prize	Trap
Brush	Drum	Front	Price	True
Brake	Dry	Frock	Prince	Trip

 

 TERMINAL BLENDS

ND	ST	MP	FT	LT	NT	NK
Sand	Chest	Jump	Shift	Felt	Plant	Bank
Hand	Wrist	Stamp	Gift	Salt	Silent	Tank
Pond	First	Lamp	Soft	Melt	Point	Sink
Land	Dust	Camp	Lift	Belt	Paint	Blink
Wind	Best	Pump	Craft	Quilt	Saint	Pink
Stand	List	Champ	Left	Result	Tent	Trunk
Band	Nest	Ramp	Raft	Colt	Sent	Shrink
Sound	Pest	Lump	Draft	Fault	Mint	Ink

It's very difficult for struggling readers to merge the sounds of two different consonants. So, it's very important to practice these words and must be taught from the primary level.