ST
as in nest
- beast
- best
- blast
- boost
- breast
- burst
Final Blend Words for Speech Therapy
Final blends put two consonants at the end of a word — st as in nest, nk as in pink. Every list below is checked against the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so the cluster is present in the pronunciation, not just the spelling.
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ND
as in hand
- and
- band
- bend
- bind
- blend
- blind
NT
as in tent
- ant
- bent
- cant
- cent
- count
- font
NK
as in pink
- bank
- blank
- blink
- drink
- frank
- funk
LT
as in belt
- alt
- belt
- bolt
- built
- cult
- dealt
Why practice final blends separately?
Final clusters get reduced just like initial ones: a child may say nes for nest or han for hand. Because word endings also carry grammar — plurals, past tense — dropped final clusters can cost more intelligibility than dropped initial ones.
Lists organized by cluster let you drill exactly the ending a student reduces. Start with the cluster selected by the SLP — the lists do not choose a treatment target or replace clinical judgment.
What is cluster reduction? Read the guideWord pronunciations are checked with the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.
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