A beginning blend consists of two consonants blended together at the beginning of a word, such as "bl" in "blend." A digraph is two consonants that make a single sound, such as "ch" in "chat."
Yes, the word "scrape" contains a beginning blend "sc" which is a combination of two consonants that blend together smoothly to form a sound.
The word "wholly" contains a beginning digraph "wh" which creates a /hw/ sound, rather than a blend.
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The S is probably the most suitable letter for the first letter in a certain beginning consonant blend. With the "sC" format (The "C" means "consonant"), there are various options to link the first S with a beginning consonant blend. Here are the variable options for the consonant blends: sc sch (Note: CH is a consonant digraph with the unvoiced J sound) sf sk sl sm sn sp sq sr st sw There's something fascinating about the first S beginning consonant. This consonant blend type can be put into a triple blend with the "sCC" format. Here are some examples of triple blends: scl scr sfl sfr skl skr spl spr str stw Trivia with First S Beginning Consonant Blend: Firstly, there's a fun trick with the SC blend. Whenever the C/G is followed by an E, I, or Y, then they'll soften into an S/J sound. However, if the soft C is combined into an SC blend with the "SC+E, I, Y" spelling format, then the C becomes silent and we just pronounce the S like it was an individual consonant rather than a blend. During the SC blend, the only situation when the C is pronounced is during the hard C case, which is when the following letter is anything else. There are some rule-breakers exceptions like "muscle", in which the C is silent despite that the SC blend is in a hard C case with the following letters not a softener. Secondly, the CH is consonant digraph that sounds like an unvoiced J like chair, chain, chart, chop, etc. Sometimes, the CH won't make the unvoiced J sound, but they'll remain the normal C sound, which is the K sound like character, chemical, chorus, cholera, etc. In this case, if there's an SCH blend, but the CH digraph remains the normal C sound, which is the K sound, then we pronounce it as the SC blend, and these examples include school, schedule, scheme, schooner, etc. Thirdly, there's a fun trick, which is there are several consonant blends which can both the beginning and ending blend, which includes, SC, SCH, SK, SP, ST, etc. consonant blends. Technically speaking, the S is probably the most suitable first letter in a certain beginning consonant blend as there are quite many various options to link with another consonant to form a blend. The C also have quite various options but some bonds like the CF, CM, CN, CP, CT, etc. can't be a beginning consonant blend, therefore the C doesn't work very suitably as S. The S also have some fun tricks with their beginning consonant blends, which is that their blends can be tripled and there are several consonant blends which can be both a beginning and an ending blend. That means that the S should be the most suitable first letter in the beginning consonant blend.
In the word "chip," the consonant combination is "ch" at the beginning of the word.
PT can't be a beginning consonant blends because of their sounds, they're unsuitable to be put together and sounds like 2 separate syllables when put together, but they can be an ending consonant blend like "except", "concept", etc. If the PT comes at the beginning of the word like "pterodactyl", "pterosaur", then the P is silent and we pronounce like if the word starts with a T.
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There are many letters than can be put into a consonant blend. There are 2 types of blends, the beginning blend and the ending blend. Many consonants can be put into both blends. Some consonants like Q, W can only be put in a beginning blend, but not the ending blend. Some consonants like J, V, X can only be put into an ending blend, but not the beginning blend. Some consonants like H, Y can't be put into a consonant blend and can only be an individual consonant. The H and Y also can only start a certain syllable, and they can't really end a certain syllable. With the unblended consonants, they make some fun tricks them. With the H, they use it to form a consonant digraph, which are when 2 consonants combine together to make one new sound like in a hybrid bond like CH, the unvoiced J sound, SH, the deeper S sound, etc. Consonant digraphs can be called the "H-brothers" because they often use an H. With the Y, they sometimes use it to behave like a vowel, so Y is a semi-vowel. The other reason that they use Y as a semi-vowel is because there's only quite a few words that contains Y, typically starting with Y. If Y begins a word or a certain syllable, it's a consonant but if Y is through a certain syllable, it ends a word or a certain syllable, then it's a vowel.