Digraphs: sh, ch, th, wh, ck, ng
Two letters, one sound — at the start and at the end.
About the Digraphs: sh, ch, th, wh, ck, ng worksheets
This free phonics pack has 13 printable A4 pages: two letters, one sound — at the start and at the end. You can edit the words on every page, print it or save it as a PDF, and there's a matching PowerPoint lesson to teach it with. It's made for English teachers in Korea and works for kindergarten and elementary classes, hagwons and tutoring.
The rule
A digraph is two letters that make one new sound.
What's inside
- Learn It: Digraphs
- Digraph: sh: Read each word. Find the "sh".
- Digraph: ch: Read each word. Find the "ch".
- Digraph: th: Read each word. Find the "th".
- Digraph: wh: Read each word. Find the "wh".
- Digraph: ck: Read each word. Find the "ck".
- Digraph: ng: Read each word. Find the "ng".
- Which Digraph? 1: Say the picture. Circle the digraph you hear.
- Which Digraph? 2
- Which Digraph? 3
- Sort It: sh, ch or th?: Read each word. Write it under its digraph.
Words in this pack
ship, shell, sheep, shoe, shark, fish, cheese, chick, chair, cherry, chips, chess, thumb, tooth, bath, thread, think, three, whale, wheel, wheat, white, wheelchair, whisper, duck, sock, clock, rock, truck, lock
Example sentences
- The fish is in the dish.
- A chick is on the chair.
- The duck has a sock.
How to use it in class
Introduce the sound with the picture pages and have students say every word out loud before they write. Then move on to the circling, matching and writing pages. Short daily practice works better than one long session, so two or three pages a class is plenty.