Consonant blends

Final
 • Costs (cos:s)
• The car costs way too much for me.
• Masts (mas:s)
• The masts on the sailing ship were over forty
STS feet tall.
• Tests (tes:s)
• Most students are not that fond of tests.
 • masks (mas:s)
• At a costume party, masks are mandatory.
• asks (as:s)
sks • A relative of mine often asks me for money.
• desks (des:s)
• The desks used in classrooms are usually
uncomfortable.
 months (munts)
There are twelve months in a year.
strengths (strengks)
th Athletes strengths are sapped if they exercise
excessively.
Twelfth (twelf)
 • The center of town is that way. (cen’ner)
• The renter of the house couldn’t pay the
nt rent. (ren’ner)
• That shirt costs twenty dollars. (twen’ny)
 • belt – felt – built– fault
[lt], [ld] • old – bold – cold – fold – gold – hold – sold –
told – child– wild – field – build – held -- world;
 [lk], [lp], [lb]

MILK – SILK HELP – YELP BULB – LIGHTBULB;

 [lf], [lv]

SELF – ELF – SHELF – SOLVE – INVOLVE

GOLF– WOLF
 [ps], [pt], [mpt]

[PS], [PT], [MPT] PERHAPS – KEPT – ACCEPT– ATTEMPT – TEMPT

COLLAPSE – ELLIPSE SCRIPT – ADOPT
 • risk – mask – task – desk – mosque
• lisp –grasp
[sk], [sp], [st] • least –wrist – best – chest – test – fast
– last – past – cost – lost – first – thirst
–dust – must –paste – taste – waste –
coast – roast – most – post.
 • beliefs – laughs– cliffs
• births – deaths – months – myths –
truths;
[fs], [θs] • [vz], [ðz]
• leaves – knives – wolves– saves;
• clothes – breathes – bathes.
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• [pt], [kt], [ft]
• Hoped,stopped, typed
• Baked, locked, marked,
parked, picked, linked;
• sniffed – laughed – coughed rushed – fished – wished;
[bd], [gd] [vd], [ðd], [zd]
[st], [sht], [cht]
grabbed –cubed; lived – received –
missed – passed –
saved – dived;
danced – mixed – raced –
begged –logged
bathed – breathed –
washed – mashed –
clothed
seized – raised –
watched – reached –
closed – used;
searched – stretched;

[jd],
charged – managed –
damaged – paged;