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32 Digraph QU Words with Pictures and List

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QU Words with Pictures

Here are some lovely free printable PDF QU words with pictures flashcards. These pages use the QU sound, which is known as a digraph. A digraph is a combination of 2 letters that make a particular sound.

This combination of letters most commonly makes a /kw/ sound, but at times it can be a /k/ or even a /kei/. The last 2 sounds usually come from foreign words that have been adapted into the English language.

The free QU word flashcards provided on this page are not only useful for speech therapy and practicing pronunciation. They are also very useful in helping learners acquire new vocabulary through various activities. Some ideas you may not have thought of have been listed below

There are 4 QU words with pictures, with 8 flashcards on each of them. These are –

PDF 1 – quack, queen, quill, square, quarter, squeeze, quick, and squirt.

PDF 2 – quiet, quail, question, queue, quilt, quince, liquid, and squirrel.

PDF 3 – earthquake, equal, squash, quokka, turquoise, squat, quartz, and bouquet.

PDF 4 – quarry, squid, squint, mosquito, quarterback, quench, quay, and quiver.

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Ideas for using the QU words flashcards

Use these printable PDF cards for all your favorite flashcard games and activities. Here are a few more ideas that you may like to try.

  • Cut off the words at the bottom of the cards and use the 2 pieces of each for vocabulary matching and memory games.
  • Give a student 2 or more of the cards and see if they can create a sentence with them. It doesn’t matter how ridiculous the sentence is, only that it is grammatically correct.
  • You can use the cards to play a game like Pictionary. A student takes a card at random, then comes to the front of the class and tries to draw it on the board. The rest of the class must try to guess the word. This can also be made into a game with teams.
  • For advanced classes, you can use the cards to play a game of “Who am I?”
  • Use the cards to have a spelling bee competition.
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QU digraph word list

Here is a QU sound word list in case you are looking for more words to create further activities. This list is by no means comprehensive and contains mostly short words, although some of them will be challenging and new to most ESL learners.

There are 60 words with the QU digraph here. You can either download the free PDF list above or copy and paste the words you like from the list below.

earthquake

equip

equipment

liquid

mosquito

plaque

quack

quad

quaff

quail

quake

qualifier

qualifies

quality

qualm

quantify

quarantine

quarrel

quarry

quarter

quarterback

quarts

quartz

quashed

quay

queasy

queen

queer

quell

quench

queried

quest

question

queue

quick

quickly

quickset

quid

quiet

quill

quilt

quince

quip

quit

quiver

quiz

quokka

quota

quote

sequel

sequence

squad

square

squeeze

squid

squint

squirrel

squirt

squish

turquoise

Practice sentences with QU words

Here are some fun, silly sentences you can use to practice the pronunciation of the QU sound.

The quarry equipment found quartz.

The queen quickly quarantined the sickly squirrel.

A squad of squid squirted ink in the turquoise quay.

There was a queue for questions about the quest.

A quokka ate a quality square quince.

You will also find some more QU digraphs on the tongue twisters with Q page.

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