ear ear, dear, hear, clear, near ear (/air/) bear, pear, wear are (/air/) bare, dare, care, share, stare Words ending (/ee/ or /i/ depending –y very, happy, sorry, carry, party on accent) New consonant spellings ph and wh The /f/ sound is not usually spelt as ph in short everyday words (e.g. dolphin, alphabet, phonics, elephant fat, fill, fun). when, where, which, wheel, whisk Using k for the /k/ sound The /k/ sound is spelt as k rather than as c before e, i and y. Kent, sketch, skeleton, kit, skip, husky Adding the prefix The prefix un– is added to the beginning of a word without any –un change to the spelling of the root word. unhappy, undo, unload, unfair, unlock Compound words Compound words are two words joined together. Each part of the longer word is spelt as it would be if it were on its own. football, laptop, playground, farmyard, bedroom, blackberry Common exception words the, a, do, to, of, said, says, are, were, was, I, you, your, they, be, he, me, she, we, no, go, so, by, my, there, love, come, some, one, once and/or others according to programme – used. iv
ear ear (/air/) are (/air/) Words ending –y (/ee/ or /i/ depending on accent) New consonant spellings ph and wh The /f/ sound is not usually spelt as ph in short everyday words (e.g. fat, fill, fun). ear, dear, hear, clear, near bear, pear, wear bare, dare, care, share, stare very, happy, sorry, carry, party dolphin, alphabet, phonics, elephant when, where, which, wheel, whisk Using k for the /k/ sound The /k/ sound is spelt as k rather than as c before e, i and y. Kent, sketch, skeleton, kit, skip, husky Adding the prefix –un The prefix un– is added to the beginning of a word without any change to the spelling of the root word. Compound words Compound words are two words joined together. Each part of the longer word is spelt as it would be if it were on its own. unhappy, undo, unload, unfair, unlock football, laptop, playground, farmyard, bedroom, blackberry Common exception words the, a, do, to, of, said, says, are, were, was, I, you, your, they, be, he, me, she, we, no, go, so, by, my, there, love, come, some, one, once – and/or others according to programme used. iv
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