Which word contains a consonant digraph?

Which word contains a consonant digraph?

• A. ship
• B. sound
• C. about
• D. cat

Answer: (A)

Consonant digraphs happen when two consonants come together to make one sound. In the word ship, the letters sh blend to form the single sound /ʃ/ (like the sound in "shoe"), which is exactly what a consonant digraph is doing. The other words don’t have a pair of consonants that produce one sound: sound has ou, a vowel digraph that makes a vowel sound; about and cat don’t pair two consonants to create one sound. So the presence of the "sh" digraph in ship is what makes it the correct example.

Consonant digraphs happen when two consonants come together to make one sound. In the word ship, the letters sh blend to form the single sound /ʃ/ (like the sound in "shoe"), which is exactly what a consonant digraph is doing. The other words don’t have a pair of consonants that produce one sound: sound has ou, a vowel digraph that makes a vowel sound; about and cat don’t pair two consonants to create one sound. So the presence of the "sh" digraph in ship is what makes it the correct example.