Subject: English
Focus: Spellings
Group: Black
Date out: 18.04.16
Date in: 25.04.16
Homophones: ‘st’, ‘ssed’
 A homophone is a word that sounds the same as another but is spelt differently.
 A homophone can also be spelt the same as another word but have a different meaning.
 These homophones are formed because the past tense of words ending ‘ss’ can sound the same as other
words ending ‘st’ (missed/mist).
Copy each word, then try to write it without copying. Use the final column to correct any mistakes or to test each
group of words.
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Spelling tip:
Practise 1
Practise 2
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The sound ‘st’ is the final blend in many words.
Can spell word
(check and correct)
past
guest
mist
disgust
trust
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Adding the suffix ‘ed’ to words ending ‘ss’ to form the past tense, makes a sound like ‘st’.
passed
guessed
missed
discussed
trussed
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mast
massed
bust
bussed
Words ending ‘st’ or ‘ssed’ can sound the same but have different meanings.
Subject: English
Focus: Spellings
Group: Green and Blue
Date out: 18.04.16
Date in: 25.04.16
Homophones: long ‘i’
 Vowels are the letters ‘a’, ‘e’, ‘i’, ‘o’, ‘u’, all other letters are consonants.
 Vowels can make a short sound (‘i’ as in ‘pip’) or a long sound (‘i’ as in ‘pipe’).
 A homophone is a word that sounds the same as another but is spelt differently.
 A homophone can also be spelt the same as another word but have a different meaning.
 Many homophones use the different spellings for long vowel sounds.
Copy each word, then try to write it without copying. Use the final column to correct any mistakes or to test each
group of words.
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Spelling tip:
Practise 1
Practise 2
Can spell word
(copy into space)
(fold and hide)
(check and correct)
‘ie’ together make a long ‘i’ sound. Magic e makes ‘i’ say its name (long ‘i’).
die
tire
stile
time
drier
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Letter ‘y’ can make a long ‘i’ sound in a medial position (middle of a word).
dye
tyre
style
thyme
dryer
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site
sight
mite
might
Magic e makes ‘i’ say its name (long ‘i’). The letter string ‘igh’ makes a long ‘i’ sound.
Subject: English
Focus: Spellings
Group: Yellow and Red
Date out: 18.04.16
Date in: 25.04.16
Homophones: ‘ow’, ‘ou’
 Vowels (a, e, i, o, u)can make a short sound (‘o’ as in ‘hop’) or a long sound (‘o’ as in ‘hope’).
 A homophone is a word that sounds the same as another but is spelt differently.
 A homophone can also be spelt the same as another word but have a different meaning.
Copy each word, then try to write it without copying. Use the final column to correct any mistakes or to test each
group of words.
(list 5:20)
Spelling tip:
Practise 1
Practise 2
Can spell word
(copy into space)
(fold and hide)
(check and correct)
‘ow’ can make a long sound ‘o’ sound (slow) or a short ‘o’ sound (now).
fowl
(bird)
flower
(blossom)
dowse
(drench)
how’s
(how is?)
allowed
(permitted)
Spelling tip:
‘ou’ can make a sound like ‘ow’ (e.g. flour-flower). There are many of these words.
foul
(offensive)
flour
(ground grain)
douse
(drench)
house
(to accommodate)
aloud
(out loud)
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poring
(studying closely)
pouring
(flowing)
morning
(before noon)
mourning
(grieving)
‘ou’ can make a sound like short ‘o’.