Съчетания от съгласни букви в английски език

Четенето на различни съчетания и комбинации от съгласни букви и звуци има своите специфики в английски език. Ето кои са те:

ck [k] — back, luck, stock, click, pick, brick, hock, pack

sh [∫] — shack, shaft, shall, sham, shame, shape, share, shark, sharp, sheep, shell, shiny

ch [t∫] — charm, chedp, check, cheat, cheek, cheese, chef, chest, chew, chic, chief, choice

tch [t∫] — catch

kn [n] — knack, knag, knave, knee, kneel, know, knew, knife, knock

ph [f] — photo, phone, phrase, physic

qu [kw] — quack, qualify, quality, qoantity, quarter, queen, query, quest, questtion

th [ð] — the, that, their, then, there, these, they, than, though

th [θ] — thick, thews, theft, thaw, thank, thief, thigh, thin, thing, think

ng [η] — long, thong, thing, wring, bring, lanhuage, rung

nk [ηk] — think, wrinkle, brink, drink, drunk, lank, rankel, rank, ring

wh + o = [h] — who, whole, whore

wh + други гласни = [w] — what, why, white, whip

wr - в началото на думата, пред гласна — write, wrist, writ, wring, wrap, wrong