common spellings are spellings which appear frequently

homophones are words that sound the same but have different meanings and often different spellings, like 'oh' and 'owe'

a naming word that does need capitalisation

rare spellings are spellings which appear less frequently

New 'ay' spellings, including 'a', 'eigh' and 'ey'

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.

Alternative GPCs for long vowels

Choose the correct spelling to finish the sentence. **Please __________ onto this for me.**

Choose the words which contain an **ay** sound.

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

Correct the spelling of the word in bold in the following sentence. Set the **teyble** for dinner.

Correct the spelling of the word in bold in the following sentence. I scored **aity** in a test.

Choose the words which contain the **ay** sound.

Choose the words that rhyme with the word **make**.

Choose the words that contain the root word **rain**.

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

Correct the spelling in bold in the following sentence. That was a tasty **milkshayk**.

a letter or group of letters that represent a sound

words that sounds the same, but are spelt differently

Match the words with the correct definition 

Starter Quiz