Applying the spellings 'or', 'oor', 'au' and 'aw' in familiar words | English

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Pick the spelling that matches the sentence. He sent a letter to his mother, __________ Ali.
- misus
- Mrs ✓
- Msr
- msrs
Select the proper noun from the list.
- launch pad
- author
- August ✓
- sauce
Choose the 'or' spellings that match the words.
- sort
  
  ⇔
  
  or ✓
- paw
  
  ⇔
  
  aw ✓
- pause
  
  ⇔
  
  au ✓
- door
  
  ⇔
  
  oor ✓
Which of these are the common spellings of the or sound?
- au ✓
- oor ✓
- aw ✓
- oe
- ai
Correct the spelling in bold in the following sentence: I like to have tomato sorce on my pasta.
- sors
- sauce ✓
- saus
- soorce
Where does the 'oor' spelling generally go in a word?
- at the end ✓
- at the beginning
- in the middle

Pick the spelling that matches the sentence: The teacher was very __________ that day.
- busee
- bizy
- busy ✓
- bizee
- bisy
Pick the spelling that matches the sentence: Are you __________ you don't need a coat?
- shoor
- shure
- sure ✓
- sher
- ser
Choose the 'or' spellings that match the words.
- important
  
  ⇔
  
  or ✓
- author
  
  ⇔
  
  au ✓
- outdoors
  
  ⇔
  
  oor ✓
- sawdust
  
  ⇔
  
  aw ✓
Choose the correct spelling for the world in bold in the following sentence: The season after summer is ortum.
- autum
- ortum
- autumn ✓
Correct the spelling in bold in the following sentence: I wake up at seven in the moornig each day.
- murning
- mawning
- morning ✓
- mornig
Correct the spelling in bold in the following sentence: The orther of the book was Roald Dahl.
- 'author' ✓

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‘aw’ is a representation of the 'or' phoneme that often comes at the end of a word and sometimes in the middle.
‘oor’ is a representation of the 'or' phoneme that sometimes comes at the end of a word.
The proper noun 'August' is spelt using a capital letter.
How to spell the common exception words: busy, sure and sugar.

Autumn can also be assumed to have a capital letter, as the name of a season.

Explain that convention is generally not to capitalise the names of the seasons.