The 'or' spellings, including 'or', 'oor', 'au' and 'aw' | English

Starter quiz

Which of the following words are homophones?
- plane ✓
- stay
- plain ✓
- play
- steal
Match each word to the number of phonemes it contains.
- for
  
  ⇔
  
  2 ✓
- launch
  
  ⇔
  
  4 ✓
- floor
  
  ⇔
  
  3 ✓
Which of these spellings can also represent the sound 'or', like in short?
- oor ✓
- aw ✓
- oe
- oi
Which of these are proper nouns?
- July ✓
- table
- August ✓
- sport
- ball
Choose the correct spelling of the word to complete this sentence: I want to ___________ the ball.
- cash
- cach
- catch ✓
- katch
Choose the correct spelling of the word to complete this sentence: I will put this cap on my ___________.
- hed
- head ✓
- heed

Pick the spelling that matches the sentence: There are lots of __________ in the park.
- peple
- people ✓
- poeple
- peepul
- peopl
Pick the spelling that matches the sentence: The letter was sent to __________ Moss.
- Mr ✓
- Mir
- mrr
- mistuh
Choose the 'or' spellings that match the words.
- or
  
  ⇔
  
  port ✓
- oor
  
  ⇔
  
  floor ✓
- au
  
  ⇔
  
  August ✓
- aw
  
  ⇔
  
  lawn ✓
Correct the spelling in bold in the following sentence: Her best spoort is football.
- spawt
- spaut
- sport ✓
- spot
Correct the spelling in bold in the following sentence: Please close the daw.
- dau
- daw
- dor
- door ✓
Correct the spelling in bold in the following sentence: There was a neat, green lorn in front of the house.
- lawn ✓
- loorn
- laun

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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.
'Paw' and 'poor' are homophones.
How to spell the common exception words: people, Mr and Mrs.

Pupils can think the 'rules' for the spelling will always help to choose the right spelling.

Explain that rules can help us a certain amount. We also need to use our judgement of 'what looks right'.