Irregular spellings

Question 1

-ai- says……

why?

what is the phrase that links these pictures together?

what is the other phrase with pictures

name the ten regular words with -ai-

Answer 1

says ‘long a’

because two vowels together, the first one says the long sound

I think the rain in Spain goes mostly down the drain

This train has a chain of plain carriages

e.g. rain, train, Spain, drain, chain, pain, brain, plain, stain, main,

Question 2

say - for, fork, form,

say it in sounds

other words that have or in them

Answer 2

f -or f-or-k

words that have or in them:

corn, born, worn, torn,

Question 3

what?

what are the other five question words

what do they have in common?

what is the odd one out?

Answer 3

who, what, where , when, why,

wh at the start

how? wh not at the start, but still there

Question 4

there

what is the word hiding inside?

what is the related question word?

sentence using the three words together

Answer 4

here

where?

where are they? they are over here, no, they are over there

Question 5

…ir says ‘er’

What is the sentence describing the picture?

Answer 5

The girl had some dirt on her shirt and her skirt

Question 6

-er says ‘er’

three single syllable words

Answer 6

her, over, ever

her story is too long, is it ever going to be over?

Question 7

-ur….says ‘er’

1x3 letter word

7x4 letter words

6x5 letter words

Answer 7

fur,

purr, burn, turn, turf, surf, hurt, curl, (burp, curb)

nurse, purse, curse, burst, burnt, curve,

murky, slurp, churn, thursday,