listbeeConsonant teams and blends
Consonant blend words
In a blend, each consonant keeps its own sound, but they are said quickly together. Blends are the most common place for young spellers to leave out a letter.
- Sound
- Two or three consonant sounds together
- Usually taught
- 1st grade
- Words on this page
- 56 in 5 lists
Consonant blend words: word lists
Practice a list online (each word is read aloud), or open it in the worksheet maker to print a test, word search, or look-cover-write-check sheet.
l blends
12 words- black
- blue
- clap
- clock
- flag
- flip
- glad
- glue
- plan
- plum
- slip
- slide
r blends
12 words- brick
- crab
- crib
- drum
- drop
- frog
- from
- grab
- grin
- press
- trip
- truck
s blends
12 words- skip
- skin
- sled
- smell
- snap
- spin
- spot
- step
- stop
- swim
- star
- snail
Ending blends
12 words- hand
- sand
- bent
- tent
- jump
- lamp
- best
- nest
- milk
- belt
- gift
- desk
Three-letter blends
8 words- splash
- split
- spring
- strong
- street
- string
- scrub
- scratch
How the pattern works
A blend is two or three consonants that keep their own sounds: f-l in flag, s-t-r in string. That is different from a digraph like sh, where two letters make one new sound.
Stretch the word slowly (ffflllag) so every sound can be heard and written.
Common mistakes
- Dropping the second sound of a blend: “fag” for flag, “sep” for step.
- Dropping the first sound of an ending blend: “jup” for jump, “has” for hand. The n and m are easy to miss.
- Adding an extra vowel between the consonants: “fulag” for flag.
Practice ideas
- Count the sounds with blocks or fingers before writing: s-t-o-p is four.
- Build words with a blend card and a word-family card: st + op, fl + ag.
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