Identify the digraph in the word 'ship'.

Identify the digraph in the word 'ship'.

• A. ph
• B. ch
• C. wh
• D. sh

Answer: (D)

Two letters can team up to make one sound, and that is a digraph. In the word ship, the two-letter combination s plus h creates the single sound /ʃ/, the same sound you hear at the start of “shoe.” The rest of the letters give the remaining sounds: /ɪ/ for the i and /p/ for the p. Other letter pairs like ph, ch, or wh are common digraphs in other words, but they don’t form the single sound in this word. So the digraph here is the sh pair, representing /ʃ/.

Two letters can team up to make one sound, and that is a digraph. In the word ship, the two-letter combination s plus h creates the single sound /ʃ/, the same sound you hear at the start of “shoe.” The rest of the letters give the remaining sounds: /ɪ/ for the i and /p/ for the p. Other letter pairs like ph, ch, or wh are common digraphs in other words, but they don’t form the single sound in this word. So the digraph here is the sh pair, representing /ʃ/.