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Complex Clusters with n In American English

consonant clustersletter nsound nconsonant n

Complex Consonant Clusters with k

This lesson will focus on more complex consonant clusters that start with the sound /n/, which is produced by the letter "n". The simpler patterns in which /n/ appears are covered in a separate lesson. The present lesson covers Vowel + Consonant + Consonant combinations where the transition between the two consonants is challenging, as well as Vowel + Three-Consonant Clusters. Accordingly, all the words in this lesson include complex clusters which might require extra practice to master. Repeat each word as many times as necessary to gain control over the consonant transitions.

Step 1: Vowel + Consonant + Consonant

Short i + n + t → /ɪnt/

Example

hint, tint, print

Short e + n + t → /ɛnt/

Example

bent, rent, sent

æ + n + t → /ænt/

Example

ant, pant, rant

a + n + t → /ɑnt/

Example

font, want, haunt

Short a + n + t → /ʌnt/

Example

hunt, punt, blunt

eɪ + n + t → /eɪnt/

Example

paint, faint, saint

aʊ + n + t → /aʊnt/

Example

count, mount

ɔɪ + n + t → /ɔɪnt/

Example

point, joint

Short i + n + s → /ɪns/

Example

since, wince, rinse

Short e + n + s → /ɛns/

Example

fence, sense, dense

æ + n + s → /æns/

Example

dance, chance, glance

Short a + n + s → /ʌns/

Example

once, dunce

aʊ + n + s → /aʊns/

Example

ounce, bounce

Short e + n + th → /ɛnθ/

Example

tenth

Short a + n + th → /ʌnθ/

Example

month

aɪ + n + th → /aɪnθ/

Example

ninth

Short i + n + j → /ɪndʒ/

Example

hinge, cringe, fringe

Short e + n + j → /ɛndʒ/

Example

avenge, revenge

Short a + n + j → /ʌndʒ/

Example

lunge, sponge, grunge

eɪ + n + j → /eɪndʒ/

Example

range, change, strange

aʊ + n + j → /aʊndʒ/

Example

lounge, scrounge

Short i + n + ch → /ɪntʃ/

Example

pinch,clinch, flinch

Short e + n + ch → /ɛntʃ/

Example

bench, clench, drench

æ + n + ch → /æntʃ/

Example

ranch, branch, blanch

Short a + n + ch → /ʌntʃ/

Example

lunch, bunch, crunch

a + n + ch → /ɑntʃ/

Example

launch, haunch

Step 2: Vowel + Three-Consonant Cluster

Short i + n + d + z → /ɪndz/

Example

winds

Short e + n + d + z → /ɛndz/

Example

bends, sends, friends

æ + n + d + z → /ænds/

Example

sands, hands, lands

a + n + d + z → /ɑndz/

Example

bonds, ponds

Short a + n + d + z → /ʌndz/

Example

funds

u + n + d + z → /undz/

Example

wounds

aɪ + n + d + z → /aɪndz/

Example

finds, minds, blinds

aʊ + n + d + z → /aʊndz/

Example

sounds, hounds, pounds

Short i + n + t + s → /ɪnts/

Example

tints, hints, prints

Short e + n + t + s → /ɛnts/

Example

rents, tents, cents

æ + n + t + s → /ænts/

Example

pants, grants, plants

a + n + t + s → /ɑnts/

Example

fonts, wants, haunts

Short a + n + t + s → /ʌnts/

Example

hunts, punts

eɪ + n + t + s → /eɪnts/

Example

paints, faints, taints

aʊ + n + t + s → /aʊnts/

Example

counts, mounts

ɔɪ + n + t + s → /ɔɪnts/

Example

points, joints

Short i + n + j + d → /ɪndʒd/

Example

singed, hinged, cringed

Short e + n + j + d → /ɛndʒd/

Example

avenged, revenged

Short a + n + j + d → /ʌndʒd/

Example

lunged, sponged

eɪ + n + j + d → /eɪndʒd/

Example

ranged, changed

aʊ + n + j + d → /aʊndʒd/

Example

lounged, scrounged

Short i + n + ch + t → /ɪntʃt/

Example

pinched, clinched, flinched

Short e + n + ch + t → /ɛntʃt/

Example

clenched, drenched, trenched

æ + n + ch + t → /æntʃt/

Example

blanched, stanched, branched

a + n + ch + t → /ɑntʃt/

Example

launched

Short i + n + s + t → /ɪnst/

Example

minced, rinsed, winced

Short e + n + s + t → /ɛnst/

Example

fenced, sensed

æ + n + s + t → /ænst/

Example

danced, glanced

aʊ + n + s + t → /aʊnst/

Example

bounced, announced, renounced

Short a + n + th + s → /ʌnθs/

Example

months

Sentence Drills

Example

The month ended with a strange sense of change.

The blanched branch fell near the ranch.

The faint hint of paint on the fence made him wince.

A saint walked past the bench, causing a strange cringe in town.

She rinsed the tent after it was drenched in the rain.

Friends sent messages from distant lands.

He glanced at the print and sensed a faint sense of doubt.

The sounds from behind bench made him flinch as winds bent the branches.

The launch of the new plant caused a chain reaction.

The trench was drenched after winds and rains changed the ground.

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