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# Consonant Pattern Lab
- URL: https://learn-with-alicia.ghost.io/consonant-pattern-lab/
- Published: 2026-08-23T10:53:53.000Z
- Updated: 2026-08-23T10:53:53.000Z
- Description: Choose between ch and tch, ge and dge, or k, c and ck in twenty-five spelling experiments.
- Author: Alicia  Lund
- Tags: vocabulary-mission, spelling-4-6, #ep-spelling-build

```
{
  "finish": "Experiment complete! You chose the correct consonant pattern in all twenty-five words.",
  "steps": [
    {
      "word": "🔒 Hidden word",
      "say": "The football match ended in a draw.",
      "question": "Which consonant pattern completes the word correctly?",
      "card": "The football ___ ended in a draw.",
      "choices": [
        "match",
        "mach",
        "matsh"
      ],
      "answer": 0,
      "good": "Correct! match is the spelling that fits.",
      "help": "After a short vowel, /ch/ often ends tch."
    },
    {
      "word": "🔒 Hidden word",
      "say": "Can you catch the ball?",
      "question": "Which consonant pattern completes the word correctly?",
      "card": "Can you ___ the ball?",
      "choices": [
        "cach",
        "catch",
        "catsh"
      ],
      "answer": 1,
      "good": "Correct! catch is the spelling that fits.",
      "help": "Catch ends tch after a short vowel."
    },
    {
      "word": "🔒 Hidden word",
      "say": "The cups are in the kitchen.",
      "question": "Which consonant pattern completes the word correctly?",
      "card": "The cups are in the ___.",
      "choices": [
        "kichen",
        "kitschen",
        "kitchen"
      ],
      "answer": 2,
      "good": "Correct! kitchen is the spelling that fits.",
      "help": "Kitchen contains tch."
    },
    {
      "word": "🔒 Hidden word",
      "say": "The pupil drew a picture of her home.",
      "question": "Which consonant pattern completes the word correctly?",
      "card": "The pupil drew a ___ of her home.",
      "choices": [
        "picture",
        "pikture",
        "piture"
      ],
      "answer": 0,
      "good": "Correct! picture is the spelling that fits.",
      "help": "Picture uses ct before ure."
    },
    {
      "word": "🔒 Hidden word",
      "say": "Our teacher read the story aloud.",
      "question": "Which consonant pattern completes the word correctly?",
      "card": "Our ___ read the story aloud.",
      "choices": [
        "teatcher",
        "teacher",
        "teacer"
      ],
      "answer": 1,
      "good": "Correct! teacher is the spelling that fits.",
      "help": "Teacher uses ch after the long vowel sound."
    },
    {
      "word": "🔒 Hidden word",
      "say": "The ripe peach tasted sweet.",
      "question": "Which consonant pattern completes the word correctly?",
      "card": "The ripe ___ tasted sweet.",
      "choices": [
        "peatch",
        "peech",
        "peach"
      ],
      "answer": 2,
      "good": "Correct! peach is the spelling that fits.",
      "help": "Peach ends ch after a vowel team."
    },
    {
      "word": "🔒 Hidden word",
      "say": "We crossed the wooden bridge.",
      "question": "Which consonant pattern completes the word correctly?",
      "card": "We crossed the wooden ___.",
      "choices": [
        "bridge",
        "brige",
        "bridje"
      ],
      "answer": 0,
      "good": "Correct! bridge is the spelling that fits.",
      "help": "After a short vowel, /j/ often ends dge."
    },
    {
      "word": "🔒 Hidden word",
      "say": "The guide wore a name badge.",
      "question": "Which consonant pattern completes the word correctly?",
      "card": "The guide wore a name ___.",
      "choices": [
        "bage",
        "badge",
        "badje"
      ],
      "answer": 1,
      "good": "Correct! badge is the spelling that fits.",
      "help": "Badge ends dge."
    },
    {
      "word": "🔒 Hidden word",
      "say": "Do not stand near the edge.",
      "question": "Which consonant pattern completes the word correctly?",
      "card": "Do not stand near the ___.",
      "choices": [
        "ege",
        "edje",
        "edge"
      ],
      "answer": 2,
      "good": "Correct! edge is the spelling that fits.",
      "help": "Edge ends dge after a short vowel."
    },
    {
      "word": "🔒 Hidden word",
      "say": "A huge cloud covered the sky.",
      "question": "Which consonant pattern completes the word correctly?",
      "card": "A ___ cloud covered the sky.",
      "choices": [
        "huge",
        "hudge",
        "huje"
      ],
      "answer": 0,
      "good": "Correct! huge is the spelling that fits.",
      "help": "After a long vowel sound, /j/ may end ge."
    },
    {
      "word": "🔒 Hidden word",
      "say": "The choir stood on the stage.",
      "question": "Which consonant pattern completes the word correctly?",
      "card": "The choir stood on the ___.",
      "choices": [
        "stadge",
        "stage",
        "staje"
      ],
      "answer": 1,
      "good": "Correct! stage is the spelling that fits.",
      "help": "Stage ends ge after a long vowel sound."
    },
    {
      "word": "🔒 Hidden word",
      "say": "One small idea can create change.",
      "question": "Which consonant pattern completes the word correctly?",
      "card": "One small idea can create ___.",
      "choices": [
        "chandge",
        "chanje",
        "change"
      ],
      "answer": 2,
      "good": "Correct! change is the spelling that fits.",
      "help": "Change ends nge."
    },
    {
      "word": "🔒 Hidden word",
      "say": "The clock struck nine.",
      "question": "Which consonant pattern completes the word correctly?",
      "card": "The ___ struck nine.",
      "choices": [
        "clock",
        "clok",
        "cloc"
      ],
      "answer": 0,
      "good": "Correct! clock is the spelling that fits.",
      "help": "The /k/ sound after a short vowel often ends ck."
    },
    {
      "word": "🔒 Hidden word",
      "say": "The scarf was tied around his neck.",
      "question": "Which consonant pattern completes the word correctly?",
      "card": "The scarf was tied around his ___.",
      "choices": [
        "nek",
        "neck",
        "nec"
      ],
      "answer": 1,
      "good": "Correct! neck is the spelling that fits.",
      "help": "Neck ends ck after a short vowel."
    },
    {
      "word": "🔒 Hidden word",
      "say": "Keep your bus ticket safe.",
      "question": "Which consonant pattern completes the word correctly?",
      "card": "Keep your bus ___ safe.",
      "choices": [
        "tikket",
        "ticcet",
        "ticket"
      ],
      "answer": 2,
      "good": "Correct! ticket is the spelling that fits.",
      "help": "Ticket uses ck in the middle."
    },
    {
      "word": "🔒 Hidden word",
      "say": "We ate lunch at the picnic.",
      "question": "Which consonant pattern completes the word correctly?",
      "card": "We ate lunch at the ___.",
      "choices": [
        "picnic",
        "piknik",
        "picnick"
      ],
      "answer": 0,
      "good": "Correct! picnic is the spelling that fits.",
      "help": "Picnic uses c for both /k/ sounds."
    },
    {
      "word": "🔒 Hidden word",
      "say": "The class listened to music.",
      "question": "Which consonant pattern completes the word correctly?",
      "card": "The class listened to ___.",
      "choices": [
        "musick",
        "music",
        "musik"
      ],
      "answer": 1,
      "good": "Correct! music is the spelling that fits.",
      "help": "Music ends c."
    },
    {
      "word": "🔒 Hidden word",
      "say": "There is no need to panic.",
      "question": "Which consonant pattern completes the word correctly?",
      "card": "There is no need to ___.",
      "choices": [
        "panick",
        "panik",
        "panic"
      ],
      "answer": 2,
      "good": "Correct! panic is the spelling that fits.",
      "help": "Panic ends c."
    },
    {
      "word": "🔒 Hidden word",
      "say": "The money was kept in the bank.",
      "question": "Which consonant pattern completes the word correctly?",
      "card": "The money was kept in the ___.",
      "choices": [
        "bank",
        "banck",
        "banc"
      ],
      "answer": 0,
      "good": "Correct! bank is the spelling that fits.",
      "help": "After another consonant, /k/ usually ends k."
    },
    {
      "word": "🔒 Hidden word",
      "say": "Please pour some milk into the cup.",
      "question": "Which consonant pattern completes the word correctly?",
      "card": "Please pour some ___ into the cup.",
      "choices": [
        "milck",
        "milk",
        "milc"
      ],
      "answer": 1,
      "good": "Correct! milk is the spelling that fits.",
      "help": "After l, the final /k/ is written k."
    },
    {
      "word": "🔒 Hidden word",
      "say": "We bought fruit at the market.",
      "question": "Which consonant pattern completes the word correctly?",
      "card": "We bought fruit at the ___.",
      "choices": [
        "marcket",
        "marcet",
        "market"
      ],
      "answer": 2,
      "good": "Correct! market is the spelling that fits.",
      "help": "Market uses k after r."
    },
    {
      "word": "🔒 Hidden word",
      "say": "The children walked to school.",
      "question": "Which consonant pattern completes the word correctly?",
      "card": "The children walked to ___.",
      "choices": [
        "school",
        "skool",
        "schole"
      ],
      "answer": 0,
      "good": "Correct! school is the spelling that fits.",
      "help": "School begins sch."
    },
    {
      "word": "🔒 Hidden word",
      "say": "The main character solved the mystery.",
      "question": "Which consonant pattern completes the word correctly?",
      "card": "The main ___ solved the mystery.",
      "choices": [
        "karacter",
        "character",
        "charackter"
      ],
      "answer": 1,
      "good": "Correct! character is the spelling that fits.",
      "help": "Character begins ch pronounced /k/."
    },
    {
      "word": "🔒 Hidden word",
      "say": "The chemist prepared the medicine.",
      "question": "Which consonant pattern completes the word correctly?",
      "card": "The ___ prepared the medicine.",
      "choices": [
        "kemist",
        "chemmist",
        "chemist"
      ],
      "answer": 2,
      "good": "Correct! chemist is the spelling that fits.",
      "help": "Chemist begins ch pronounced /k/."
    },
    {
      "word": "🔒 Hidden word",
      "say": "Everyone joined the final chorus.",
      "question": "Which consonant pattern completes the word correctly?",
      "card": "Everyone joined the final ___.",
      "choices": [
        "chorus",
        "korus",
        "chorrus"
      ],
      "answer": 0,
      "good": "Correct! chorus is the spelling that fits.",
      "help": "Chorus begins ch pronounced /k/."
    }
  ]
}
```