Spelling the 'ay' sound with 'ei' or 'ea'

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.

In this unit, pupils learn spelling and grammar conventions associated with prefixes meaning 'not', like dis-, non-, mis- and un-, as well as the spelling of homophones, homonyms and some compound words.

Prefixes, homonyms and homophones

Match the rare spellings of the 'ay' phoneme to the word.

Which word is a homophone for the word 'grate'?

Which word is a homophone for the word 'break'?

Correct the spelling in bold in this sentence. Queen Elizabeth's **rain** lasted a long time.

Which of these spellings for the 'ay' phoneme like to be in the middle of words?

Correct the spelling in bold in this sentence. My **vain** in my arm pumps the blood around my body.

Match the common 'ay' spelling to the word.

Match the rare 'ay' spelling to the word.

Correct the spelling in bold in this sentence. I was **layt** to school.

Correct the spelling in bold in this sentence. I **way** the ingredients for my recipe.

What is the correct spelling for the word in bold in this sentence? The bird swooped to catch its **pray**.

Correct the spelling in this sentence. I wore an **aypron** to protect my clothes. 

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