READ/SPELL – mixed consonant blends (start)
Hear, read, spell and use phonetic words starting with blends

• This resource pack of 6 pages covers hearing, reading, spelling and using words with blend ‘sk’
• The blend is highlighted in brown and is made from the blended phonetic sounds of 's' and 'k' (desk)
• Click on the loudspeaker icon for sound
• Use Adobe acrobat comment function to write freehand, type text and erase online
Last updated
19th March 2026

Consonants are all the letters of the alphabet that are not vowels: b, c, d, f, g, h, j, k, l, m, n, p, q, r, s, t, v, w, x, y, z
If a word is phonetic it means the word can be sounded out using the phonetic sound of individual letters, blends and digraphs
Every word in this activity is a real English word
Hear, read, spell and use phonetic words starting with blends

Hear, read, spell and use words with double ‘ll’ (ill)

Read, spell and use suffix ‘s’ to make plural nouns (boy to boys)
