Trigraphs
15 free practice questions with explanations
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Trigraphs: example questions & answers
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Which word has the 'igh' sound (trigraph)?
- Alight✓
- Blit
- Cleg
- Dlet
Answer: Light has the 'igh' trigraph which makes the long 'i' sound. Lit, leg, and let have short vowel sounds.
Which word has the 'igh' sound?
- Anight✓
- Bnit
- Cnet
- Dnot
Answer: Night has the 'igh' trigraph which makes the long 'i' sound. Nit, net, and not have short vowel sounds.
Which word has the 'ear' sound like in 'hear'?
- Ahear✓
- Bhot
- Chat
- Dhit
Answer: Hear has the 'ear' trigraph sound. Hot, hat, and hit have short vowel sounds.
Which word has the 'ear' sound?
- Anear✓
- Bnet
- Cnod
- Dnot
Answer: Near has the 'ear' trigraph sound. Net, nod, and not have short vowel sounds.
Which word has the 'air' sound like in 'hair'?
- Ahair✓
- Bhat
- Chit
- Dhot
Answer: Hair has the 'air' trigraph sound. Hat, hit, and hot have short vowel sounds.
Which word has the 'air' sound?
- Afair✓
- Bfit
- Cfat
- Dfed
Answer: Fair has the 'air' trigraph sound. Fit, fat, and fed have short vowel sounds.
Which word has the 'ure' sound like in 'pure'?
- Apure✓
- Bput
- Cpet
- Dpit
Answer: Pure has the 'ure' trigraph sound. Put, pet, and pit have different sounds.
Which word has the 'igh' sound?
- Aright✓
- Brat
- Cring
- Drip
Answer: Right has the 'igh' trigraph which makes the long 'i' sound. Rat, ring, and rip have different sounds.
Which word has the 'igh' sound?
- Asight✓
- Bsit
- Csip
- Dsun
Answer: Sight has the 'igh' trigraph which makes the long 'i' sound. Sit and sun have short vowel sounds.
Which word has the 'ear' sound?
- Adear✓
- Bden
- Cdig
- Ddug
Answer: Dear has the 'ear' trigraph sound. Den, dig, and dug have short vowel sounds.
Which word has the 'air' sound?
- Apair✓
- Bpet
- Cpit
- Dpat
Answer: Pair has the 'air' trigraph sound. Pet, pit, and pat have short vowel sounds.
Which word has the 'igh' sound?
- Ahigh✓
- Bhot
- Chit
- Dhat
Answer: High has the 'igh' trigraph which makes the long 'i' sound. Hot, hit, and hat have short vowel sounds.