Year 2Trigraphs
dge words
The letters d, g and e work together to make the /j/ sound.
dge/j/ as in bridge
Words with dge
Tap a word to see its sounds and hear it.
dge at the end
Read dge in a sentence.
Every sentence is checked against the sound.
- 1The judge ate the fudge.
- 2The fudge is in the fridge.
- 3A badge sat on the ledge.
- 4The hedge is by the bridge.
How to teach dge
- Introduce the trigraph. Explain that a trigraph is three letters that work together to make one sound.
- Model saying the target phoneme three times.
- Students repeat.
- Check articulation and correct mouth placement.
- Identify the phoneme in the example words.
- Explain the spelling generalisation: We usually use dge to spell the /j/ phoneme at the end of a one-syllable word after a short vowel (e.g. badge, bridge, edge, fudge). After a long vowel or another consonant, we usually use ge instead (e.g. cage, huge, change, hinge).
Other ways to spell /j/
- j
- g
Decodable stories with dge.
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Make a whole dge lesson.
Slides, words and sentences, matched to the sounds your class has learned.