Double Consonants

Double Consonants

grill

The double consonant is said as a single sound.

Double Consonants

Can you buy snapping crabs and blackfish at the outdoor market?

snapping

How many syllables do you hear?

snap / ping two

Double Consonants

snap / ping

Notice that in each syllable there is a vowel. The vowel in the first syllable is a and the vowel in the second syllable is i.

s n a p / p i n g

v c / c v

Double Consonants

snapping

When a word has a double consonant you divide the word into syllables between those letters.

snap / ping

Double Consonants

Can you buy snapping crabs and blackfish at the outdoor market?

The ck stays together in the same syllable.

black / fish

Double Consonants

lesson

How many syllables do you hear?

les / son two

Notice that the word is broke between the double consonants.

Double Consonants

puppet

How many syllables do you hear?

pup / pet two

Notice that the word is broke between the double consonants.

Double Consonants

lucky

How many syllables do you hear?

luck / y two

Notice that the ck stay together.

Double Consonants

muffin

How many syllables do you hear?

muf / fin two

Notice that the word is broke between the double consonants.

Double Consonants

Write the following words and break them into syllables.

cliffcrackpress

glassesmessage

willow

Your Turn

Turn your practice book to page 143.