CONSONANT COMBINATIONS CAN BE very confusing. There are no hard-and-fast rules for the combinations. The best way to learn how to spell words with tricky combinations is to memorize them.

Ch, tch - change, chance, catch, coach, watch

Sh - shine, cash, shut, shoot

Ge, dge bridge, judge, range,

Ng - lung, bring, strong

Ng - language, singer, longer

Gn - foreign,

Mb - lamb, comb, and climb

Ck - clock, block, rock

Ph phone, photo, philosophy

Kn know, knight, knock,

- tion nation, emotion, population

- ture culture, nature, picture, future

- sion session, television,

Autumn session, spring session

Wh what, where, when, why

Who who, whom, whose, whole

Wa was, wash, watch, wallet

All all, fall, ball,

Th though, thinks, thought, three, month

This, that, these, weather, either

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