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𝘾𝙊𝙉𝙎𝙊𝙉𝘼𝙉𝙏 𝘾𝙇𝙐𝙎𝙏𝙀𝙍𝙎

A consonant cluster is a group of consonant sounds that come together in a word or phrase.

When two or more consonants occur in a word and there is no intervention of a vowel._𝘉𝘈𝘙𝘙.𝘖𝘚𝘊𝘈𝘙 𝘐𝘡𝘌𝘠𝘖𝘙 𝘐𝘠𝘖𝘏𝘈

A consonant cluster in a word is a group of consonants with no vowels between them. The longest possible cluster in English is three consonant sounds at the start, such as 'splash', and four at the end, as in 'twelfths'.

Example
The tongue twister 'The sixth twisty crisp' has several consonant clusters in it, making it difficult to pronounce.

_ 𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘊𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘭.

These consonant sounds can appear at the beginning, middle or at the end of words.

When you have them at the beginning of words, it is called initial, when it is found at the middle, it is called medial, and the one that appears at the end of words is called final.

Some words have consonant letters together, but they are not consonant clusters.

𝗘𝘅𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘀:

Why

Phlegm

Phone

Text

Glimpsed.

Note:To know if a word has a consonant cluster, it has to do with the sounds(pronunciation), not the spellings.

You have to understand (IPA) international Phonetics Alphabet).

Consonant clusters deal with word pronunciation, not spellings.

𝙀𝙭𝙖𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙘𝙡𝙪𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙨.

Broom, school, class, break, bank, thank, clap, Crop, Jumped, Paths, Cast, Bread, Breakfast, Broom, Brisk, Brain, Bracket, Brush, Brim, cluster, cloister, clip, clown, clothes, clamp, close, clear, clever, class etc.

Consonant clusters can also be called consonant blends.

Two, three or more consonant sounds can be together in a word. Examples:

1. Street

2. Cream

3. Jumped.

The first and second word has 2 consonant clusters while the last word has 3 consonant
cluster.
Jumped is pronounced Jumpt /dʒʌmpt/.

𝘼𝙧𝙚 𝙙𝙞𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙝𝙨 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙘𝙡𝙪𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨?

Digraphs are two letters that make one sound while consonant clusters are made up of two or more consonant sounds together in a word.

𝙀𝙭𝙖𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙙𝙞𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙝𝙨

𝐚𝐢 _rain

,𝐞𝐞 _see

𝐢𝐞, _tie

𝐨𝐚 _goat

𝐮𝐞 _fuel

,𝐬𝐡 _ shop

𝐰𝐫_write

𝐜𝐤 Clock

𝐩𝐡 Elephant 🐘

𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬.

access & accent – access /ˈæk.ses/, accent /ˈæk.sənt/

quality & quantity – quality /ˈkwɒ.lə.ti/, quantity /ˈkwɒn.tə.ti/

expect & expire – expect /ɪkˈspekt/, expire /ɪkˈspaɪ.jə/

exaggerate & executive – exaggerate /ɪɡˈzæ.dʒə.reɪt/, executive /ɪɡˈzek.jə.tɪv/.

Write any other consonant cluster words you know in the comment section.

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𝑰𝑫𝑰𝑶𝑴𝑺 𝑨𝑵𝑫 𝑷𝑯𝑹𝑨𝑺𝑨𝑳 𝑽𝑬𝑹𝑩𝑺 𝒀𝑶𝑼 𝑫𝑶𝑵'𝑻 𝑲𝑵𝑶𝑾 𝑨𝑩𝑶𝑼𝑻 𝐇𝐈𝐋𝐃𝐀 𝐁𝐀𝐂𝐈

NOBODY WAITED ON HILDA BACI WHILE SHE WAS COOKING.

𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐛𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬👇 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐝.


WAIT ON SOMEONE: To serve someone.

She waited on customers all day at the department store.

TO WAIT ON THE TABLE(Prepositional phrase)
This refers to an instruction to wait near the dining table for instructions or to be ready for service.
Sentence
A diner was told to wait on the table for the waiter to wait on him.

TO WAIT FOR. This refers to remaining in one place or being ready for something to happen or arrive such as waiting for a friend to arrive or a package to be delivered.

Wait at/on tables: to serve meals to people in a restaurant.
Sentence
She waited tables to pay for college.
Wait at tables (, British formal)
to serve food or drink as a waiter or waitress
Wait on (, phrasal verb of wait)
1. Serve food or drink to someone in a restaurant, cafe, bar, etc.
Sentence
She was the waitress who usually waited on him at the cafe
2. Act as attendance to someone.
Sentence
A maid was appointed to wait on her.

Wait on someone/something (, phrasal verb)
To serve food and drink, especially to a customer in a restaurant.
Sentence
The staff who waited on us at dinner were excellent.
She waited on tables (, served meals as a job) to earn some extra money.

Wait on someone:To do everything for someone so that, that person does not have to do anything for himself/herself.


SENTENCE

Nobody waited on Hilda while she was cooking. 🧑‍🍳

Her husband waited on her 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒐𝒕 while she was pregnant. (hand and foot: did everything for her)

Wait on something (phrasal verb)
To wait until you know the result of an activity before doing or deciding something:

Nigerians are waiting on Guinness confirmation on Hilda's cooking 🍳 marathon(cookathon).
The layers are waiting on the jury's verdict


Form any sentence with WAIT ON, WAIT AT, and WAIT AT THE TABLE.

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