UNIVERSIDAD ESPECIALIZADA DE LAS

AMERICAS
Facultad de Educación Especial y Pedagogía
Escuela de Pedagogía

Bachelor Degree in English Language Teaching

Subject
Phonology

CONSONANT CLUSTER

Presented by:
Rafael Morales

Professor:
Nelson Martínez

November 25th, 2022

 Index

1. Definition

2. Why do we learn about consonant

clusters?

3. Why are correct consonant clusters

important for clear English?

4. Examples
Consonant Cluster

Is a group of consonants with no

vowels between them.

In English consonants are found to be

clustered in word initial, medial and
word final positions.
Example of Consonant Cluster.

With 2 Consonant
/bl/ /sk/ /pt/
black desk helped

With 3 Consonant
/str/ /sks/ /kst/
string tasks sixty

With 4 Consonant
/ksts/ /mpst/
texts glimpsed
 They are: One of
Word Initial /p,t,k,b,d,g,m,n,l,α, f, v, h,
l/ + one of /l, r, w, j/. as for
Clusters example: play, prey, cry,
Consonant Clusters

dry, view, etc.

/s/ + one of /p, t , k, f, m,

n, l , w, j/. As for
Word Final example, speak,
stick, snail, swim, skim,
sky,

Clusters Shrine, snakes, sticks,

sphere, stair, skeet, slope,
snow, etc.

Intra-syllabic
consonant cluster
Word Medial movement /vm/,
Clusters description /skr/
Inter-syllabic cluster import /mp/
blackboard /kb/
extra /kstr/
Why do we learn about consonant clusters?

There are two main reasons why consonant

clusters are an important thing to be aware
of.

Consonant
clusters are an
Consonant important
clusters are teaching point is
important for for those who are
early readers.  learning English
as a foreign
language.
 Why are correct consonant clusters
important for clear English?

There are a 3 main reasons why

pronouncing consonant clusters correctly
is so important for speaking clear English
that people can understand easily.

Consonant Consonant
Consonant
Clusters Clusters Are
Clusters Are
Distinguish Needed For
Everywhere
Between Words Grammar
 Examples

Initial Clusters
Final Clusters
• /s/ + consonant (=cc)
• ask
• Stay
• Last
• Sky
• Went
• Small
• Round
• Snack
• Books
• Slow
• Help
• Sphere /sf/