First Digraphs
This page has one digraph/letter pattern for each of the remaining sounds in our English language (approx 43 sounds). Once your child has learnt these, as well as the short letter sound for each letter of the alphabet (step 2), learning to write becomes much easier.
Note: These are the first digraphs from the Jolly Phonics program.
ai
rain
train
sail
snail
paid
paint
wait
jail
sail
nail
plain
pain
brain
gain
again
afraid
strain
sprain
oa
boat
goat
throat
float
groan
moan
soap
coast
roast
road
loaf
croak
roam
foam
ie
pie
magpie
lie
tie
die
ee
free
bee
been
green
keen
need
feed
bleed
greed
deep
sleep
creep
beep
meet
feet
jeep
speed
or
for
fork
pork
cord
lord
horn
torn
corn
worn
snort
sort
snort
sport
ng
sing
ring
king
wing
sting
spring
string
bring
song
long
strong
belong
sung
lung
stung
oo (short)
look
book
cook
hook
took
foot
good
wood
stood
brook
oo (long)
food
mood
moon
spoon
soon
noon
hoop
loop
boot
roof
hoot
ch
chin
chip
chimp
chick
check
chest
cheese
cheep
chain
coach
poach
pooch
porch
torch
bench
trench
stench
bunch
lunch
crunch
munch
punch
rich
sh
shop
sheep
deep
short
shook
shed
shelf
shift
dish
wish
fish
flesh
brush
flush
flash
crash
smash
splash
dash
shack
shock
Tip: We only use “ck” when the /c/ sound comes immediately after a short vowel sound.
th
this
that
then
them
with
th
thin
think
thank
three
thorn
throb
thing
moth
cloth
tenth
qu
queen
quest
quit
quilt
quiet
quill
quack
quick
quill
Tip: We generally use “ck” and double “l”, “s”, “z” and “f” after a short vowel sound in one-syllable words.
ou
oi
oil
boil
foil
spoil
coin
join
point
joint
moist
join
toilet
ue
cue
blue
argue
value
rescue
er
her
herb
perch
fern
ster
winter
sister
river
number
blister
silver
perch
river
never
ar
far
car
jar
star
arm
harm
hard
sharp
start
smart
card
scarf
march
yard
dark
bark
shark
spark
Tip: only use “ck” if the /c/ sound comes immediately after a short vowel sound.
ck
trick
track
truck
block
black
stuck
stock
stick
stack
clock
cluck
click
snack
snuck