SOUND SYSTEM

Year / Sounds Vowels Initial position a / / - apple e / / - egg i / / - ink a / / - mat e / / - ten i / / - sit 1 2 3 4 5

o / / - ox u / / - uncle

a/ e/ e/ o/

/ - among a / / - all / - effect / - eat / - order -

a/ e/ e/ o/

/ - among a / / - all / - effect / - eat / - order -

Medial position

o / / - Bob u / / - cup

Long sounds

oo /u:/ - boot ea /i:/ - seat ee /i:/ - deep oo /u/ - book I /i/ - sit

oo /u:/ - boot ea /i:/ - seat ee /i:/ - deep oo /u/ - book I /i/ - sit

Short sounds Consonant Initial position b /b/ - ball c /k/ - cat d /d/ - door f /f/ - fish g /g/ - goat h /h/ - hoop j / / - jar k /k/ - king

p /p/ - pen q /kw/ - queen r /r/ - rat s /s/ - sun t /t/ - ten v /v/ - van w /w/ - watch x /z/ - xylophone l /l/ - line y /j/ - yolk m /m/ - moon z /z/ - zip n /n/ - nose

Final

l /l/ - girl p /p/- cap b /b/- lab

t /t/ - pet d /d/ - bad

l /l/ - girl p /p/- cap b /b/- lab

t /t/ - pet d /d/ - bad g /g/ - big

Double

ll /l/ - fill pp /p/ - pepper rr /r/ - parrot tt /t/ - butter dd /d/ - odd

ll /l/ - fill pp /p/ - pepper rr /r/ - parrot tt /t/ - butter dd /d/ - odd

Blends Initial bl cl fl gl pl st /bl/ - blue /kl/ - clip /fl/ - flag /gl/ - glad /p/ - plan /st/ - stay br /br/ - brain cr /kr/ - crab fr /fr/ - frog gr /gr/ - grip pr /pr/ - pray sk /sk/ - skin bl cl fl gl pl st /bl/ - blue /kl/ - clip /fl/ - flag /gl/ - glad /p/ - plan /st/ - stay br /br/ - brain cr /kr/ - crab fr /fr/ - frog gr /gr/ - grip pr /pr/ - pray sk /sk/ - skin tw /tw/ - twins sk /sk/ - ski sw /sw/ - sweet bl /bl/ - blue br /br/ - brain cl /kl/ - clap

Final sk / / - desk st / / - best nk / / - think lt /lt/ - belt mp /mp/ - camp ft /ft/ - soft nd /nd/ - friend

Diagraphs Initial sh / / - shoe ch / / - chin sh / / - shoe ch / / - chin ph /f/ - photo ch /k/ - chemical wh /w/ - white wh /h/ - who ph /f/ - photo ch /k/ - chemical wh /w/ - white wh /h/ - who fr /fr/- frog

Medial

ph /f/ - elephant ir / / - bird ch /k/ - school ph /f/ - photograph ch /k/ - headache

ph /f/ - elephant ir / / - bird ch /k/ - school ph /f/ - photograph ch /k/ - headache gh /f/ - tough

Final

sh / / - fish ch / / - rich ou / / - house ow / / - cow

sh / / - fish ch / / - rich ou / / - house ow / / - cow -

Diphthong Vowel diagraphs -

ei / / - neigh ey / / - key oa / / - boat ow / /- flow ie / / - tie h - hour, honour t - listen, often w - wrong, two

ei / / - neigh ey / / - key oa / / - boat ow / /- flow ie / / - tie h - hour, honour t - listen, often w - wrong, two s - island

Silent letters

h - hour, heir k - knee, knife

h - hour, heir k - knee, knife

Word Contractions

ll - Ill, well re - were, youre nt dont, isnt

ll - Ill, well re - were, youre nt dont, isnt

-est - eldest -er - smaller -ed - gifted -tion- station

-est - eldest -er - smaller -ed - gifted -tion- station

In compound words Stress - usually formed by combining 2 nouns (e.g. foot + ball = football) - sometimes noun+adjective (e.g. black + bird = blackbird) Stress is usually on the 1st element. e.g. police/man, news/paper

In compound words - usually formed by combining 2 nouns (e.g. foot + ball = football) - sometimes noun+adjective (e.g. black + bird = blackbird) Stress is usually on the 1st element. e.g. police/man, news/paper

In 3-syllable & 4syllable words - words ending in -tion, -sion, ic usually have the stress on the 2nd last element. e.g. re/la/tion, te/le/vi/sion, do/mes/tic - words ending in -cy, -gy, -ty, -al, -phy have stress on the 3rd last element. e.g. po/li/cy, uni/ver/si/ty, ge/o/gra/phy, e/lec/tri/cal

In 3-syllable & 4syllable words - words ending in -tion, -sion, ic usually have the stress on the 2nd last element. e.g. re/la/tion, te/le/vi/sion, do/mes/tic - words ending in -cy, -gy, -ty, -al, -phy have stress on the 3rd last element. e.g. po/li/cy, uni/ver/si/ty, ge/o/gra/phy, e/lec/tri/cal

In Questions - depends on the function @ the intended meaning of the question. e.g. Are they LEAVING? (leaving or staying on?) Are THEY leaving? (those particular people)

In Questions - depends on the function @ the intended meaning of the question. e.g. Are they LEAVING? (leaving or staying on?) Are THEY leaving? (those particular ppl)

In Statements In Statements Usually the content words Usually the content are stressed. words are stressed. e.g. The TIME now is 2 OCLOCK e.g. The TIME now is 2 OCLOCK

SOUND SYSTEM (YEAR 6) 1.1 Consonants, Vowels, & Diphthongs Consonants initial, medial, final position Vowels long & short sound 1.2 Consonant clusters 1.3 Stress in 2- 3- & 4 syllable words 1.4 Stresses in compound words 1.5 Sentence stress and intonation 1.6 Homographs & Homophones 1.7 Contractions