Phonics

Phase content and tricky words

Phase 2

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Phase 3

j v w x y z zz qu ch (chips) sh (shop) th (thin) ng (ring) ai (rain) ee (feet) igh (night) oa (boat) oo (book) ar (farm) or (for) ur (hurt) ow (cow) oi (coin) ea (dear) air (fair) ure (pure) er (corner). He, she, we, me, be, was, my, you, they, her, all, are.

Phase 5 (Part 1, the digraphs)

ay (day), oy (boy) wh (when) a-e (make) ou (out) ir (girl) ph (photo) e-e (these) ie (tie) ue (blue) ew (new) i-e (like) ea (eat) aw (saw) oe (toe) o-e (home) au (author) u-e (rule) ey (money

Phase 5 (Part 2, alternative pronunciations)

1. a (hat)……………………. bacon, apron, station, nation, Amy, lady……………………….was, what, wash, wasp, squash, want, wander, watch, wallet.

2. e (bed) …………………..he, me, she, we, be, recent, frequent.

3. i (pig) …………………….mind, find, blind, kind, behind, remind, child, find, wild.

4. o (hot) …………………….no, so, go, old, don’t, go, cold, told, both, hold.

5. u (hut) …………………..unit, union, music, future, human, stupid, duty, humour.

6. ow (cow) ………………….low, grow, snow, glow, show, slow, window, rowing-boat.

7. ie (pie) ……………………chief, brief, field, shield, priest, shriek, thief, relief, belief.

8. ea (dear) ………………..head, dead, deaf, ready, bread, heaven, feather, pleasant, instead, breakfast.

9. ou (out) …………………..you, soup, group……………could, should, would …………………mould, shoulder, boulder.

10. y (yes) ……………………..gym, crystal, mystery, pyramid, bicycle, rhythm……………..very, happy, funny, early, lolly, quickly.

11. ch (chin) ……………………school, Christmas, chemist, chorus, headache, technical ………………………….chef, machine, brochure, Charlotte.

12. c (cat) ………………………cell, central, acid, cycle, success, December, accent, icy.

13. g (got) ……………………… gym, gentleman, gem, Gill, gentle, ginger, magic, danger, energy.

Phase 5 (Part 3, alternative spellings)

1. / ch / sound ………………..picture, adventure, creature, future, nature, capture, puncture, signature, mixture.

2. / j / sound …………………. judge, fudge, hedge, bridge, ledge, nudge, budge, lodge, dodge.

3. / m / sound ………………… lamb, limb, comb, climb, crumb, dumb, thumb, numb, plumbing, bomber. (SILENT ‘b’)

4. / n / sound ………………… gnaw, sign, design, resign. (SILENT ‘g’). …………………….knit, knob, knot, knee, knock, knife, know, knew, knuckle (SILENT ‘k’)

5. / r / sound ………………… wrap, wrong, write, wrote, wreck, written, wretched. (SILENT ‘w’).

6. / u / sound ……………….. some, come, done, none, son, nothing, month, mother, brother, worry.

7. / air / sound …………….. pear, bear, wear, tear, swear……………there, where, nowhere, somewhere, everywhere ………..bare, care, dare, square, stare.

8. / e/ sound ………………. learn, earn, earth, pearl, early, search, heard, rehearsal

9. / ur / sound ………………. word, work, world, worm, worth, worse, worship, worthy, worst.

10. /oo / sound ………………..would, could, should………….put, pull, push, full, bush, bull, cushion, pudding, playful.

11. / ai / sound …………………. day, play, may, stay, say, clay, spray, crayon, delay………came, made, make, take………happy, sunny, only, funny, quickly.

12. / ee / sound ………………….sea, seat, bead, read, meat, treat, repeat………….these, even, complete………..chief, brief, thief, priest, shield.

13. / igh / sound ………………….pie, lie, tie, cried, spied, fried, replied…………..by, my, try, why, dry, fry, spy, sky, deny, reply……like, time, ripe, shine.

14. / oa / sound …………………..low, grow, snow, tow, show, slow, window……….toe, foe, goes, heroes, echoes………..bone, pole, home, woke, those.

15. /sh / sound …………………….special, official, social, artificial…………….station, mention, position………sure, sugar…….passion, mission…chef, Michelle.