Lesson 23 The letter combinations ph and gh

enough	phase
roughly	phantom
toughness	pharmacy
laughter	physician
coughed	philosophy
pamphlet	atmosphere
symphonic	hemisphere
triumphantly	decipher
alphabetical	amphibian
catastrophe	emphasize

1.	What two letters make the sound of /f/ in the first five words? _____
2.	What two letters make the sound of /f/ in the remaining words? _____ In how may of those words does the ph come at the beginning of the word? _____

Lesson Generalization Any word in which the /f/ sound is spelled by the letters gh comes from Old English. Any word in which the /f/ sound is spelled by the letters ph comes from the Greek language. Many of those words begin with the letters ph.

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