The /g/ sound spelt gu
Words with the sounds 'ture' and 'sure'
Suffixes 'ing', 'er', 'ed' and 'en'
Not all suffixes will work with every word.
Words with the 'k' sound spelt 'ch'
Words with the 'u' sound spelt 'ou'
Words with the sound spelt 'ch'
'eigh', 'ei' or 'ey'
e.g. sleigh
eight
grey
they
Prefixes – in, il, im, ir
These prefixes all mean ‘not’.
Prefixes can change the meaning of a word.
Homophones
Words that sound the same but have different spellings and meanings.
e.g. peace/piece
main/mane
fair/fare
Possessive apostrophes for singular possession
The general rule is that the possessive of a singular noun is formed by adding an apostrophe and s, whether the singular noun ends in s or not.
e.g. Joe’s pencil case.
Sandra’s football.
‘ure’
Words that end in ‘ure’
e.g. measure, treasure, pleasure