- Which word begins with the letters w and h together?
Answer: white
White begins with the letters w and h together (wh). Choice A is correct. With begins with just w, ship begins with sh, and chat begins with ch.
- Which letters make one sound in "shop"?
Answer: sh
The letters sh work together to make one sound at the start of 'shop.' 'Op' and 'ho' are just random letter groups from the word, not a single sound unit. 'S' by itself is only one letter, not the two letters that team up to make the sh sound.
- Which word ends with the ch sound?
Answer: much
This asks about ending sounds. The word 'much' ends with the /ch/ sound. You can hear 'ch' at the end when you say it.
- Which word has the ch digraph?
Answer: chip
We are finding words with digraphs. The word 'chip' has the digraph 'ch' at the beginning. Cat and stop don't have this digraph.
- Which word has the th sound, like in this?
Answer: that
That is correct because it starts with the th sound, like the word this. Stop begins with the st sound, not th. Cap begins with the k sound, not th. That is the only word with the th sound at the start.
- Which letters make one sound in the word "photo"?
Answer: ph
The letters ph make one sound together in photo, the f sound. Ho is just two letters from the middle of the word and does not make one blended sound on its own. Ot is also just letters from the word, not a special one-sound spelling pattern.
- Which letters make the /ch/ sound in "chip"?
Answer: ch
The letters ch make the /ch/ sound at the beginning of chip. Ip is the ending part of the word, not the /ch/ sound. Ci and hi are not letter patterns found in chip at all. Ch is the correct pair of letters that makes this sound.
- Which word starts with the wh digraph?
Answer: white
The word white starts with the wh digraph. Ship starts with the sh digraph instead. Time starts with the t sound, not wh.
- Which letters make one sound in fish?
Answer: sh
Sh makes one sound in fish, so that is the correct answer. Is is two separate sounds, not one blended sound. Fi is also two separate sounds, a consonant and a vowel, not one blended sound. Looking for the two letters that blend into a single new sound helps you find the correct answer.
- Which letters spell the /sh/ sound in shop?
Answer: sh
This asks about spelling sounds. The /sh/ sound in 'shop' is spelled 'sh.' These two letters work together.
- In the word fish, which two letters make just one sound together?
Answer: sh
In the word fish, the letters s and h work together to make one sound, /sh/. Choice A is correct. Fi, is, and ih do not make the /sh/ sound.
- Which word starts with the th sound?
Answer: that
We are finding the /th/ sound. The word 'that' starts with 'th'. Chat starts with 'ch' and ship starts with 'sh'.
- Which letters make one sound in what?
Answer: wh
We are finding digraphs in words. In 'what', the letters 'wh' work together. They make one /w/ sound at the start.
- Which word ends with the ch sound?
Answer: much
The word much ends with the /ch/ sound. Choice D is correct. Milk ends with /k/, and chat and chip begin with ch but end with /t/ and /p/.
- In the word that, which two letters make the /th/ sound?
Answer: th
In the word that, the letters t and h work together to make one sound, /th/. Choice B is correct. Ha, at, and ta do not make the /th/ sound.
- Which letters make the /th/ sound in "that"?
Answer: th
The letters th together make the /th/ sound at the start of that. Ha is not even part of the word that. T alone only makes the /t/ sound, not /th/. At is the ending of the word, but it does not make the /th/ sound. Th is the pair of letters that makes the sound.
