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Chapter: 02. Piano

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Understanding Double Consonant Sounds

Have you ever noticed that some words have two of the same consonant letters together, like ‘tt’ in ‘little’ or ‘ll’ in ‘pillow’? When we see two identical consonants next to each other in a word, they usually make one single, sustained sound, not two separate sounds.

Think about the word “bottle”: You don’t say “bot-t-le,” but rather “bo-ttle,” where the ‘tt’ makes one clear ‘t’ sound. Similarly, in “pillow,” the ‘ll’ makes one ‘l’ sound.

This happens because the doubled consonant usually indicates how the vowel before it is pronounced (often a short vowel sound) and then represents a single sound itself.

How to identify them:

Look for two identical consonant letters next to each other (e.g., bb, dd, ff, gg, ll, mm, nn, pp, rr, ss, tt, zz).

Say the word aloud. Do those two letters make just one sound, slightly held or emphasized, rather than two distinct sounds? If yes, it’s a double consonant sound.

For example:

bottle: ‘tt’ makes one ‘t’ sound.

pillow: ‘ll’ makes one ‘l’ sound.

traffic: ‘ff’ makes one ‘f’ sound.

hills: ‘ll’ makes one ‘l’ sound.

little: ‘tt’ makes one ‘t’ sound.

Now, let’s apply this to the words provided.

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Read the words given in the box aloud. Circle the words that contain double consonant sounds. There may be some words without double consonant sounds.

bedsheet, middle, brilliant, meet, wallet, chair, beginning, mirror, abstract, difficult, police, daffodils.

bedsheet

middle (double ‘d’ sound)

brilliant (double ‘l’ sound)

meet

wallet (double ‘l’ sound)

chair

beginning (double ‘n’ sound)

mirror (double ‘r’ sound)

abstract

difficult (double ‘f’ sound)

police

daffodils (double ‘f’ and double ‘l’ sounds)

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