Unusual letter patterns Letter patterns from Greek ps
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Unusual letter patterns
Letter patterns from Greek: ‘ps’ Some words that come from the Greek language begin with the grapheme ‘ps’. The phoneme is /s/. Some of these words also contain ‘y’, and these are sounded /igh/ when they follow ‘ps’. Some also contain ‘ch’ which is sounded /k/. See if you can read the words below following these rules: psalm psoriasis psychiatric psychedelic psychopath
Letter patterns from Greek: ‘pt’ Some words that come from the Greek language begin with the grapheme ‘pt’. The phoneme is /t/. See if you can read the words below: pterodactyl pterosaurs Do you know what these are?
Letter patterns from Greek: ‘mn’ One word that come from the Greek language begins with the grapheme ‘mn’. The phoneme is /n/. See if you can read the word below: mnemonic Do you know what a mnemonic is?
Letter patterns from Greek: ‘hy’ Some words that come from the Greek language begin with the grapheme ‘hy’ The ‘y’ is usually sounded /igh/, but in a few words it is sounded /i/ See if you can read the words below: hybrid hydrate hydrogen hyena hygiene hyphen hypochondria hypothesis hymns hypnotise hypocrite hysteria hysterical
Letter patterns from Greek: ‘pn’ Some words that come from the Greek language begin with the grapheme ‘pn’. The phoneme is /n/. The ’eu’ which follows ‘pn’ is sounded /oo/ See if you can read the words below following these rules: pneumatic pneumonia Do you know the meaning of these words?
Letter patterns from Old English: ‘gn’ Some words that come from Old English begin with the grapheme ‘gn’. The phoneme is /n/. See if you can read the words below : gnarl gnash gnat gnaw gnome
Letter patterns from French: ‘ign’ Some words that come from French end with the grapheme ‘ign’. The phoneme is /n/. In most cases, the ‘g’ changes the preceding vowel into a long vowel phoneme. See if you can read the words below : align assign benign campaign design foreign malign reign sovereign
How did you do? Will you remember how to spell these words? (Some of them are quite difficult!)
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