the letter or group of letters that represent a sound

rare spellings are spellings which appear less frequently

a group of words common in feature, pattern or meaning

the base word from which other words are formed often by adding prefixes or suffixes

Spelling the 'ay' sound with 'a', 'eigh' or 'ey'

English

In this unit, pupils learn spelling and grammar conventions used with prefixes meaning 'not’ and the spelling of homophones and homonyms.  In 'Verb and adjectives suffixes’, pupils learn verb and adjective suffixes.

In ‘More suffixes and silent letters’, pupils learnt spelling and grammar conventions used with the suffixes -ly, -ful and -less. In this unit, pupils learn spelling and grammar conventions used with prefixes meaning 'not’ and the spelling of homophones and homonyms.

Prefixes, homonyms and homophones

Choose the words which contain an 'ay' phoneme. 

Match the grapheme that make the 'ay' sound to where they most commonly appear in a word.

Choose the correct spelling of the word in bold in the following sentence: 'There was a **slai** pulled by reindeer in the sky.'

a group of words common in pattern or meaning

Match the key words to their definitions.

Select the words that are part of the same word family.

Correct the spelling in bold in the following sentence: 'He was wearing an **aipron** whilst cooking.'

Choose the words that contain the 'ay' phoneme.

Choose the words that rhyme with the word 'cake'.

Choose the words that contain the root word 'train'.

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

Correct the spelling in bold in the following sentence: 'I ate a delicious **pancayk**'.

What is the root word in the word 'maker'?

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.

Spelling the 'ay' sound with 'a', 'eigh' or 'ey'

Lesson outcome

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.