CONSONANT CLUSTERS

ENGLISH LANGUAGE S.S.S2 FIRST TERM

WEEK FIVE

THEME: SPEECH

CONSONANT CLUSTERS

PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVE

Students should be able to;

1. To identify consonant clusters in passages or sentences
2. Listen to speeches paying attention to consonant clusters
3. Write sentences containing consonant clusters

CONTENT

A consonant cluster in a word is a group of consonants with no vowels between them. The longest possible cluster in English is three consonant sounds at the start, such as 'splash', and four at the end, as in 'twelfths'.

Example

The tongue twister 'The sixth twisty crisp' has several consonant clusters in it, making it difficult to pronounce.

 

CONSONANT CLUSTERS consist of more than one consonant in a row. When talking about consonant clusters, we need to distinguish…