Digraphs and Blends Digraphs - when you combine 2 letters to make 1 sound. There are vowel digraphs, as well as consonent digraphs. Here are some examples: Consonent digraphs: th (this), th (thumb), sh, wh, ch, ph Vowel digraphs: ai, ay, ea, ee, oa Blends - when 2 letters make 2 sounds. We typically clump these together when learning to read but they still make their individual sounds. examples: br, bl, cl, cr, pl, sn, st, str, thr ...