Last week our Phonics Investigation challenge related to the ending blends -ng and -nk. Here were the challenge questions:
- How many pairs of words like BANG and BANK can you find? The first word should end with the -NG blend and the second word should sound exactly the same, but with an additional K sound. The second word will be spelled with the -NgK blend.
- The -ng and -nk blends are used after every vowel ... except one! Can you figure out which one isn't combined with the -ng and -nk blends?
- Can you think of any other occasions where a letter is pronounced even though it isn't written?
Here are some answers:
- Some possible examples are: sang/sank, sing/sink,
- So far as I know, the -ng and -nk blends are not used after the vowel -e. Or, put another way, we definitely have examples of those blends being used after the vowels -a, -i, -o and -u and have not been able to come up with any examples of it being used after an -e ... except perhaps the word "England" ... which may not "count" since it really sounds more like "Ingland".
- We still couldn't! Can you? It's not too late to contribute!!
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