Applying the new 'igh' spellings, including 'ie', 'y' and 'i' | English

Starter quiz

Match each word to the number of phonemes it contains.
- silent
  
  ⇔
  
  6 ✓
- tied
  
  ⇔
  
  3 ✓
- spider
  
  ⇔
  
  5 ✓
Choose three spellings that can make the long igh sound.
- i ✓
- ea
- y ✓
- ae
- ie ✓
Choose three words that rhyme with the word stay.
- play ✓
- weigh ✓
- make
- they ✓
- strike
Choose the three less common spellings of the igh sound.
- igh
- ie ✓
- i-e
- i ✓
- y ✓
Choose the igh sound spellings that match the words.
- ie
  
  ⇔
  
  fried ✓
- i
  
  ⇔
  
  silent ✓
- y
  
  ⇔
  
  cycle ✓
Choose the correct spelling of the word to complete this sentence. When completing the test, you should be __________ .
- silant
- sylent
- sielent
- silent ✓

Select the correct spelling to match the sentence. What __________ you like for dinner?
- would ✓
- wud
- wuld
- woud
Match the less common graphemes that make the igh sound to where they commonly appear in a word.
- ie
  
  ⇔
  
  often found in the middle and sometimes a the end ✓
- y
  
  ⇔
  
  often found at the end ✓
- i
  
  ⇔
  
  often found at the beginning or in the middle ✓
Choose the two words that rhyme with try.
- cry ✓
- cried
- final
- type
- fry ✓
Match the root words to members of their word families.
- cry
  
  ⇔
  
  cried ✓
- fry
  
  ⇔
  
  fried ✓
- try
  
  ⇔
  
  tried ✓
Correct the spelling in bold in the following sentence. The pylot landed the plane.
- 'pilot' ✓
Correct the spelling in bold in the following sentence. He carefully packed each shopping ightem into the bag.
- 'item' ✓

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‘y’ is the most common representation of the 'igh' phoneme when it appears at the end of a word.
‘i’ is a representation of the 'igh' phoneme found in the high frequency words: find, kind, mind, wild and behind.
‘ie’ is a representation of the 'igh' phoneme found in the middle and end of words.
How to spell the common exception words: could, would and should.

Common exceptions words which are hard to sound out e.g. 'could' , 'would' and 'should'.

Mnemonic devices such as 'Oh (o) you (u) lucky (l) duck (d)' can support memorising these trickier spellings.

Past tense - past tense refers to a verb form that indicates an action or state that has already happened or was completed in the past, such as 'cried'
Rhyme - words that have the same or similar ending sounds often used in poetry
Homophone - words that sound the same but have different meanings and spellings