has a letter that comes between the two letters in a digraph like in "make" where the "k" separates the digraph "ae"

a vowel sound spoken for longer than its short version like "a" in "cake" not "a" in "bat"

The 'igh' spellings, including 'igh' and 'i-e'

English

In this unit, pupils learn new GPCs for long vowels.  In ‘Year 2: 'Alternative GPCS for consonants and homophones’, pupils learn new GPCs for consonants.

In this unit, pupils learn new GPCs (grapheme phoneme correspondences) for long vowel sounds.

Alternative GPCs for long vowels

Pick the spelling the matches the sentence: Why are you __________ tired?

Choose the 'igh' spellings that match to the words.

Match the grapheme to where they commonly appear in a word.

Correct the spelling in bold in the following sentence. It was a **delite** teaching you today!

Correct the spelling in bold in the following sentence. We had to **driv** to school today.

has a letter that comes between the two letters in a digraph

the letter or group of letters that represent a sound

Match each word to the number of phonemes it contains.

Select the correct spelling to match the sentence. I need to __________ my homework.

How many syllables are there in the word **height**?

Choose **two** more spellings that can also represent the sound **ee**.

Choose the correct spelling of the word to complete this sentence. We took a __________ on holiday.

a letter, or group of letters, that represent a phoneme

a type of grapheme where two letters represent one phoneme

Starter Quiz