the way a word or language is spoken, including the sounds, stress and intonation patterns

spellings that appear less often than common ones

New 'oo' spellings, including 'ue', 'ui' and 'ou'

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 complete the sentence. **How __________ points did you score?**

Choose the correct spelling to complete the sentence. **I looked __________ my friend's cat.**

Select the words which contain a spelling for the 'oo' sound.

in the middle of a word often followed by 't' , 'se' or 'ce'

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

Correct the spelling of the word in bold in the following sentence: I drank a tasty glass of **joose** .

Correct the spelling of the word in bold in the following sentence: We showed great team work when we completed the **groop** task.

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

Select the correct spelling to match the sentence. **I __________  my hat on because it was cold.**

Select the correct spelling to match the sentence. **There's no need to be __________ .**

Select the correct spelling to match the sentence. **The car's exhaust released __________.**

Select the correct spelling to match the sentence. **I can't decide which ice cream flavour to __________ .**

Starter Quiz