encounter, for example, zoo book, took, foot, wood, good oo (/ʊ/) The digraph oa is very rare at the end of boat, coat, road, coach, goal Oa an English word. toe, goes Oe The only common English word ending in out, about, mouth, around, sound Ou ou is you. Both the /u:/ and /ju:/ (‘oo’ and ‘yoo’) now, how, brown, down, town ow (/aʊ/) sounds can be spelt as u–e, ue and ew. If own, blow, snow, grow, show ow (/əʊ/) words end in the /oo/ sound, ue and ew blue, clue, true, rescue, Tuesday ue are more common spellings than oo. new, few, grew, flew, drew, threw ew lie, tie, pie, cried, tried, dried ie (/aɪ/) chief, field, thief ie (/i:/) high, night, light, bright, right Igh for, short, born, horse, morning Or more, score, before, wore, shore Ore saw, draw, yawn, crawl Aw author, August, dinosaur, astronaut Au air, fair, pair, hair, chair Air dear, hear, beard, near, year Ear bear, pear, wear ear (/ɛə/) bare, dare, care, share, scared are (/ɛə/) Rules and guidance (nonstatutory) Example words (nonstatutory) Statutory requirements very, happy, funny, party, family Words ending –y (/i:/ or /ɪ/) The /f/ sound is not usually spelt as ph in dolphin, alphabet, phonics, elephant New consonant short everyday words (e.g. fat, fill, fun). when, where, which, wheel, while spellings ph and
encounter, for example, zoo oo (/ʊ/) book, took, foot, wood, good Oa The digraph oa is very rare at the end of an English word. boat, coat, road, coach, goal Oe toe, goes Ou The only common English word ending in ou is you. out, about, mouth, around, sound ow (/aʊ/) ow (/əʊ/) ue ew Both the /u:/ and /ju:/ (‘oo’ and ‘yoo’) sounds can be spelt as u–e, ue and ew. If words end in the /oo/ sound, ue and ew are more common spellings than oo. now, how, brown, down, town own, blow, snow, grow, show blue, clue, true, rescue, Tuesday new, few, grew, flew, drew, threw ie (/aɪ/) lie, tie, pie, cried, tried, dried ie (/i:/) chief, field, thief Igh high, night, light, bright, right Or for, short, born, horse, morning Ore more, score, before, wore, shore Aw saw, draw, yawn, crawl Au author, August, dinosaur, astronaut Air air, fair, pair, hair, chair Ear dear, hear, beard, near, year ear (/ɛə/) bear, pear, wear are (/ɛə/) bare, dare, care, share, scared Statutory requirements Rules and guidance (nonstatutory) Example words (nonstatutory) Words ending –y (/i:/ or /ɪ/) very, happy, funny, party, family New consonant spellings ph and The /f/ sound is not usually spelt as ph in short everyday words (e.g. fat, fill, fun). dolphin, alphabet, phonics, elephant when, where, which, wheel, while
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