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2.4: The Consonant Sound [d]

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Jun 15, 2022
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Overview of the Consonant Sound [d]

Two ways of spelling the sound [d] are <d> and <dd>. More than 99% of the time [d] is spelled <d> or <dd>. Two important minor spellings of [d] are <ed> and <ld>.

Examples

You can hear the sound [d] at the beginning and end of the word dude.

You can hear [d] spelled <ed> in the past tense suffix -ed (as in spelled and rubbed) and <ld> in the four words could, should, would, solder.

Review

Underline the letters that spell [d]:
$\begin{align*} & \text{ducks} && \text{holiday} && \text{differing} && \text{muddy}\\ & \text{around} && \text{children} && \text{didn't} && \text{voted}\\ & \text{add} && \text{middle} && \text{sudden} && \text{board}\\ & \text{good} && \text{found} && \text{behind} && \text{said}\\ & \text{beyond} && \text{study} && \text{danger} && \text{under}\\ & \text{world} && \text{daddy} && \text{hidden} && \text{reddest} \end{align*}$

Now sort the words into these two groups. Be careful! One word goes into both groups:

Words with the [d] spelled ...
<d>		<dd>

The two most common ways of spelling the sound [d] are _______ and _______.

Show Answer

$\begin{align*} & \underline{d}ucks && holi\underline{d}ay && \underline{d}iffering && mu\underline{dd}y\\ & aroun\underline{d} && chil\underline{d}ren && \underline{d}i\underline{d}n't && vote\underline{d}\\ & a\underline{dd} && mi\underline{dd}le && su\underline{dd}en && boar\underline{d}\\ & goo\underline{d} && foun\underline{d} && behin\underline{d} && sai\underline{d}\\ & beyon\underline{d} && \underline{study} && \underline{danger} && un\underline{d}er\\ & worl\underline{d} && \underline{d}a\underline{dd}y && hi\underline{dd}en && re\underline{dd}est \end{align*}$

Words with the [d] spelled ...
<d>		<dd>
ducks	daddy	add
around	differing	middle
good	didn't	daddy
beyond	behind	sudden
world	danger	hidden
holiday	voted	muddy
children	board	reddest
found	said
study	under

The two most common ways of spelling the sound [d] are <d> and <dd>

Explore More

Word Find. Find and circle the fifteen words that contain the sound [d]. Write the ones you find in alphabetical order at the bottom of the page:

$\begin{align*} & \text{children} && \text{different} && \text{found} && \text{aid} && \text{muddy}\\ & \text{under} && \text{today} && \text{study} && \text{daddy} && \text{do}\\ & \text{hidden} && \text{sudden} && \text{middle} && \text{add} && \text{had}\\ \end{align*}$

Put the words in alphabetical order:

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Show Answer

Words in alphabetial order:

add
children
daddy
different
do
found
had
hidden
middle
muddy
said
study
sudden
today
under