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Whisker Bill

Realistic (fiction), 180 words, Decodable

The wh digraph varies in pronunciation. It can vary from word to word and from dialect to dialect. It can be used to represent the /hw/ sound, as in whistle, in which a puff of air is released before the /w/ sound. The wh digraph is often pronounced as a /w/ sound, as in whale, or as the /h/ sound, as in whole.

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