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 single vowel letters

a cat e pen
table me

i tin o cot
find gold

u cup y gym
units my
When reading short words, blend with the ‘short’ vowel sound first.
If the word does not sound like a real word, try the ‘long’ vowel sound.

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vowel words with words with
letters ‘short’ vowel sound ‘long’ vowel sound

a hat cradle
e help she
i pin kind
o hot hold
u run unit
y gym cry
When reading short words, blend with the ‘short’ vowel sound first.
If the word does not sound like a real word, try the ‘long’ vowel sound.

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no go toes
so also hoe
hello doe
torso foe
piano tiptoe
radio woe is me
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centre ogre
metre fibre
litre timbre
acre theatre
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they money
grey honey
prey journey
osprey pulley
obey donkey
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happy happily
funny funnily
late lately
dreadful dreadfully
patient patiently
actual actually
fantastic fantastically
public publicly
amazing amazingly
angelic angelically
Adverbs describe verbs and often have ‘ly’ endings. Note what happens to the letter ‘y’ in ‘happy’ and ‘funny’ in their adverbial form
‘happily’ and ‘funnily’. Some adverbs need an ‘ally’ ending such as ‘fantastically’ and the learner needs to be attentive as to which words
need this ending and not confuse them with similar words such as ‘publicly’ which ends only with ‘ly’. Adverbs can appear to have an ‘ally’
ending when the root word already includes ‘al’ such as ‘actual’ changing to ‘actually’. This grammar aspect, however, does not make any
difference in terms of phonics reading and spelling all-through-the-word.

Sound out and blend all the words. Discuss the meanings of the words and say them in simple sentences.

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 ough
/ou/ /u/ /oo/
bough borough through
plough thorough throughout
drought thoroughly see-through
Slough Scarborough throughway
/oa/ /or/ /u/+/f/
dough ought rough
though bought tough
although nought enough
doughnut sought slough
/o/+/f/ brought roughen
cough thought toughen
coughed thoughtful roughage
coughing wrought /u/+/p/
trough overwrought hiccough
Practise sounding out, saying and writing these words to gain automatic recognition.

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 /k+s/
-x -ks
sixty boxes books looks
taxi vixen cooks hooks
relax mixing speaks seeks
fixed hoax croaks soaks
wax foxes leaks leeks
-cks -kes
locks pecks likes bikes
bricks socks takes shakes
sacks sticks cakes strokes
tricks trucks cornflakes
shacks ticks makes spokes
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 The Alphabetic Code /d/ d -dd -ed
dig puddle rained
sounds
picture
PI simple
code
complex
code
graphemes ( spelling alternatives )
which are code for the sounds
/g/ g -gg gu gh -gue
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/s/ s -ce -se ce ci cy /o/ o wa qua alt

snake palace house cents city bicycle octopus watch qualify salt

-ss sc -st- ps /u/ u o -ou -ough

glass scissors castle pseudonym umbrella son touch thoroughfare

/a/ a /l/ l -ll

apple ladder shell

/t/ t -tt -ed schwa

-le -il -al -el
tent letter skipped
/ul/ kettle pencil hospital camel

/i/ i -y /f/ f -ff ph -gh

insect cymbals feathers cliff photograph laugh

/p/ p -pp /b/ b -bb bu

pan puppet bat rabbit building

/n/ n -nn kn gn -ne /j/ j -ge ge gi gy -dge

net bonnet knot gnome engine jug cabbage gerbil giraffe gymnast fridge

/k/ k c -ck ch qu que /y/ y

kit cat duck chameleon bouquet plaque yawn

/e/ e -ea -ai a /ai/ ai a -ae a-e

egg head said again any many aid table sundae cakes

/h/ h wh -ay -ey eigh -ea -aigh

hat who tray prey eight break straight

/r/ r -rr wr rh /w/ w wh -u

rat arrow write rhinoceros web wheel penguin

/m/ m -mm -me -mb -mn /igh/ -igh -ie i -y i-e ei

map hammer welcome thumb column night tie behind shy bike eider duck

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/oa/ oa o -oe o-e /sh/ sh ch -ti -ci -ssi
oak yo-yo oboe rope sheep chef station magician admission

ow -ough -eau unvoiced

th voiced
th
bow dough plateau
/th/ thistle
/th/ there

/ee/ ee e e-e -ey -ie -ine /kw/ qu

eel emu concrete key chief sardines queen

ea /i-ee/ -y -ey -ie /ou/ ou ow -ough

eat sunny monkey movie ouch owl plough

/or/ or ore oar -oor -our war /oi/ oi oy

fork snore oars door four wardrobe ointment toy

aw au -al augh ough quar /yoo/ -ue u u-e ew eu

dawn sauce chalk caught thought quarter statue unicorn tube new pneumatic drill

/z/ z -zz -s -se -ze /er/ er ir ur ear wor

zebra jazz fries cheese breeze mermaid birthday nurse earth world

/ng/ -ng -n /ngk/ -nk -nc schwa ‘uh’

-er -our -re -ar -or
gong jungle ink uncle
/er/ mixer humour theatre collar sailor

/v/ v -ve /ar/ ar a alm alf alves

violin dove artist father palm half calves
short
-oo -oul -u /air/ air -are -ear -ere
/oo/ book should push hair hare bear where
long
oo u-e -ew -ui -ou -o /eer/ eer ear -ere -ier
/oo/ moon flute crew fruit soup move deer ears adhere cashier

-ue /zh/ -si -s -z g -ge by

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-x -ks -cks -kes /gz/ -x

The complexities of the English Alphabetic Code:
/ks/ 1. one sound (phoneme) can be represented by one, two, three or four letters:
e.g. /a/ a, /f/ ph, /igh/ igh, /oa/ ough
fox books ducks cakes exam 2. one sound can be represented by multiple spelling alternatives (graphemes):

/ch/ ch -tch /chu/ -ture 3.

e.g. /oa/: o, oa, ow, oe, o-e, eau, ough
one grapheme can represent multiple sounds:
chairs patch picture e.g. ‘ough’: /oa/ though, /or/ thought, long /oo/ through, /ou/ plough, /u/ thorough

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 /z/
-s z -zz -ze -se
is zip jazz sneeze please
his zed buzz breeze cheese
was zap fizz wheeze tease
pies zebra frizz size wise
bees zig-zag drizzle prize ease
fleas zest frazzle blaze disease
easel zips dazzled dazed surprise
Many words in the English language end with the /z/ sound. This is not usually a problem when reading but may be more challenging for spelling purposes.
 occupations

magician electrician
optician dietician
politician technician
musician beautician
 vision
division
measure television
pleasure invasion
leisure confusion
azure persuasion
 calorie
calories
movie freebie
pixie pinkie
cookie genie
cookies collie
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s t or y singular s t or ie s plural

b e rr y b e rr ie s
l o rr y l o rr ie s
ch e rr y ch e rr ie s
d ai s y d ai s ie s
pony p o n ie s
 approve
disapproval
to do who moving
move removed
lose, loser improving
prove movement