ch is a compound breathed consonant (t + sh)

Equivalents: tch as in watch; c as in cello

Webster, ch Funk and Wugnalls, ch

Phonetic Symbol, ʧ

Drill: chah, cha, chce, choo, cho, chaw

atch, etch, itch, ootch, utch, otch

This sound occurs initially, finally, and medially:

chart	chap	chair
chain	check	churn
cheat	chick	chimes
choose	chum	child
choke	chub	choice
chalk	chop	chowder

1. Charles cheered the champion
2. Do not chide the chilly child
3. The chaplain in the chapel heard the chimes
4. The cheery Chinese ate his chop suey with chop sticks
5. The children played checkers and roasted chestnuts in the chimney corner
6. A chickaree and a chickadee were in the old chest­nut tree
7. The cow chewed and chewed and the chipmunk chattered and chattered.

latch	urchin	stitched
etch	pitcher	orchard
pitch	watcher	parched
touch	catcher	preached
botch	starched	searched
reach	merchant	peaches

1. Leave the starch and the match in the Kitchen
2. Miss March will stitch the patch
3. Richard and the merchant pitched their tent on the beach
4. A chubby child sat on a bench eating a peach
5. The chandler exchanged the chow-chow for the cheese
6. Blanche saw the woodchuck in the orchard
7. Chirping chats perched in the birch-tree.
8. Which child touched the chair and the couch?
9. The artist sketched the ancient Scotch
10. Put the chisel, the wrench, and the chain into the chest
11. A branch of luscious cherries was in the china dish
12. Mr. Cratchet and Chester searched the forest for beech and birch trees
13. Did the teacher reprove the mischievous urchin for breaking the chalk?
14. Miss Beach ordered chowder, chops, chow-chow, and chocolate pudding for lunch
15. Archie left the torch, the match, and the latch­ key on Miss Pritchard's