Applying the new 'ay' spellings, including 'a', 'eigh' and 'ey' | English

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Match each word to the number of phonemes it contains.
- grey
  
  ⇔
  
  3 ✓
- eighteen
  
  ⇔
  
  4 ✓
- they
  
  ⇔
  
  2 ✓
Choose the three spellings that can make the long ay sounds.
- eigh ✓
- ay ✓
- ee
- a ✓
- ie
Choose three words that rhyme with the word grey.
- rainy
- day ✓
- they ✓
- eight
- prey ✓
Choose the three less common spellings of the ay sound.
- a ✓
- ey ✓
- ay
- eigh ✓
- ai
Choose the correct spelling of the word to complete this sentence. One of my grandparents is __________.
- aity
- eighty ✓
- eightee
Choose the ay sound spellings that match to the words.
- acorn
  
  ⇔
  
  a ✓
- weight
  
  ⇔
  
  eigh ✓
- they
  
  ⇔
  
  ey ✓

Select the correct spelling to match the sentence. I love playing in the playground at __________ time.
- break ✓
- brake
- brayk
Match the less common graphemes that make the ay sound to where they commonly appear in a word.
- eigh
  
  ⇔
  
  anywhere ✓
- a
  
  ⇔
  
  most often found at the beginning ✓
- ey
  
  ⇔
  
  most often found at the end ✓
Choose the two words that rhyme with stable.
- cable ✓
- rain
- tumbling
- able ✓
- play
What is another word that is part of the same word family as eight?
- 'eighty' ✓
Correct the spelling in bold in the following sentence. The hawk swooped down and it attacked its pray.
- 'prey' ✓
Correct the spelling in bold in the following sentence. My friend's birthday is in aypril.
- 'April' ✓

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Common exceptions words which are hard to sound out e.g. 'great' 'break' 'steak'.

Put these words into sentences and explain that often we have to learn to spell them by sight because spellings rules don't apply.