UKG Digraphs ch sh th wh Worksheet Online Quiz & Games

This digraph ch sh th and wh sound worksheet for UKG helps children recognise common two-letter spellings in familiar words. UKG is also called Senior KG or SR KG. The online tasks use short examples such as chip, shop, thin, this, when and fish, with adult support for vocabulary and pronunciation.

A digraph is a pair of letters representing one phoneme in a word. In chip, ch represents one consonant sound, followed by the vowel and final p. In shop, sh represents one sound. Show the pair as one spelling tile during early word building so children do not split it into two separate sounds.

Blends and digraphs need different explanations. In a blend such as cl in clap, the two consonant sounds are retained. In a digraph such as sh in ship, two letters represent one phoneme. Both patterns involve adjacent consonant letters, but the relationship between letters and sounds differs.

Read digraph words by blending the sounds in order. Chip can be represented as ch, i and p. Fish can be represented as f, i and sh. A digraph may appear at the beginning or end of a word, so ask children to look through the complete spelling rather than checking only the first two letters.

The spelling th represents two common sounds. Compare thin and moth with this and that. In many standard pronunciations, the first group uses voiceless /θ/ and the second uses voiced /ð/. An adult can model these words naturally. Children do not need to memorise technical labels before noticing and practising the spoken difference.

Wh also needs a careful model. In many English accents, wh in when, which and whale is pronounced /w/. Some accents retain a different wh pronunciation. Who commonly begins with /h/, so avoid teaching that every wh word sounds identical. The spelling tasks here ask children to recognise wh, while an adult checks spoken examples.

Keep sound counts separate from letter counts. Chip has four letters but three phonemes. Fish also has four letters and three phonemes because sh represents one sound. Use one counter for each phoneme, then match the counters with spelling tiles. This helps children explain why two written letters can share one sound box.

The twenty-question online quiz and ten interactive digraph games complement the printable ch sh th wh worksheet for SR KG. Children sort beginnings, match word parts, build spellings, repair digraphs and read a short sentence. Follow the classroom phonics sequence, explain unfamiliar words and ask children to read the whole word after every change. The page checks selections and spelling; an adult checks pronunciation and oral blending.