IXL | Complete the sentence with a three-letter consonant blend word

Which word makes more sense in the sentence?

It will

sprout

and then grow into a big plant.

stroke

sprout

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Which word makes more sense in the sentence?

Many kinds of fish, frogs, and bugs live in that

stream

split

stream

key idea

When two or more consonants go together in a word, they can make a consonant blend. You say each consonant quickly, so their sounds blend together.

Some consonant blends, like scr, spl, spr, and str, are made up of three consonants.

screw

split

spray

straw

solution

Complete the sentence with the word stream.

Many kinds of fish, frogs, and bugs live in that stream.

The other word does not make sense in the sentence:

split

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