What are split diagraphs?
A split digraph is when two letters make one sound but are separated by another letter in the word.
The split digraph uses an ‘e’ after the initial vowel to warp and change the sound of the vowel. For example, it turns the word ‘hug’ into ‘huge’ and ‘sit’ into ‘site’. The addition of the ‘e’ after the initial vowel changes the sound of the word from a short, harsh one to a longer, soft sound.
5 split digraphs
Examples:
|
a_e |
cake | make | fake | cape | flame | gave |
| e_e | eve | theme | delete | compete | these | concrete |
| i_e | pipe | time | slime | ripe | shine | knife |
| o_e | zone | phone | come | alone | drone | mole |
| u_e | cube | tune | June | flute | huge |
tube |
Examples:
|
a_e |
cake, make, fake, cape, flame, gave |
| e_e | eve, theme, delete, compete, these, concrete |
| i_e | pipe, time, slime, ripe, shine, knife |
| o_e | zone, phone, come, alone, drone, mole |
| u_e | cube, tune, June, flute, huge, tube |
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