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

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

words that sound the same but have different meanings and spellings

Applying the spellings ‘igh' and ‘i-e' in familiar words

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

Select the correct spelling to match the sentence. "__________ do you think you are going?"

Match the spellings to where they are most commonly found in the word.

Correct the spelling in bold in the following sentence. The sun shined **britely** ?

Correct the spelling in bold in the following sentence. I drew a **lighn** using a ruler ?

Correct the spelling in bold in the following sentence. I need the **ryte** tool for the job. 

Match each word to the number of phonemes it contains.

Choose **two** words that contain the root word **bright*.

How many syllables are in the word **lightning**?

Choose the correct spelling of the word to complete this sentence.  The bird flew up __________ in the tree.

Choose **two** words that rhyme with the word **tonight**.

Choose the **two** most common spellings of the **igh** sound.

Starter Quiz