SOUND SYSTEM

Year / Sounds

1 2 3 4 5

Vowels

Initial position

Medial position

Long sounds

Short sounds

a / / - apple o / / - oxe / / - egg u / / - unclei / / - ink

a / / - mat o / / - Bobe / / - ten u / / - cupi / / - sit

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-

-

-

oo /u:/ - bootea /i:/ - seatee /i:/ - deep

oo /u/ - bookI /i/ - sit

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oo /u:/ - bootea /i:/ - seatee /i:/ - deep

oo /u/ - bookI /i/ - sit

a / / - among a / / - alle / / - effect e / / - eato / / - order

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-

a / / - among a / / - alle / / - effect e / / - eato / / - order

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-

Consonant

Initial position

b /b/ - ball p /p/ - penc /k/ - cat q /kw/ - queend /d/ - door r /r/ - ratf /f/ - fish s /s/ - sung /g/ - goat t /t/ - tenh /h/ - hoop v /v/ - vanj / / - jar w /w/ - watchk /k/ - king x /z/ - xylo- phonel /l/ - line y /j/ - yolkm /m/ - moon z /z/ - zipn /n/ - nose

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Final

Double

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-

-

-

-

-

l /l/ - girl t /t/ - petp /p/- cap d /d/ - badb /b/- lab

ll /l/ - fill pp /p/ - pepper rr /r/ - parrot tt /t/ - butterdd /d/ - odd

l /l/ - girl t /t/ - petp /p/- cap d /d/ - badb /b/- lab g /g/ - big

ll /l/ - fill pp /p/ - pepper rr /r/ - parrot tt /t/ - butterdd /d/ - odd

Blends

Initial

Final

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-

bl /bl/ - blue br /br/ - braincl /kl/ - clip cr /kr/ - crabfl /fl/ - flag fr /fr/ - froggl /gl/ - glad gr /gr/ - grippl /p/ - plan pr /pr/ - prayst /st/ - stay sk /sk/ - skin

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bl /bl/ - blue br /br/ - braincl /kl/ - clip cr /kr/ - crabfl /fl/ - flag fr /fr/ - froggl /gl/ - glad gr /gr/ - grippl /p/ - plan pr /pr/ - prayst /st/ - stay sk /sk/ - skin

sk / / - desk st / / - best

tw /tw/ - twinssk /sk/ - skisw /sw/ - sweet

nk / / - thinklt /lt/ - beltmp /mp/ - campft /ft/ - softnd /nd/ - friend

bl /bl/ - bluebr /br/ - braincl /kl/ - clap

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Diagraphs

Initial

Medial

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-

sh / / - shoech / / - chin

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sh / / - shoech / / - chin

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ph /f/ - photoch /k/ - chemicalwh /w/ - whitewh /h/ - who

ph /f/ - elephant ir / / - bird

ph /f/ - photoch /k/ - chemicalwh /w/ - whitewh /h/ - whofr /fr/- frog

ph /f/ - elephant ir / / - bird

Final - sh / / - fishch / / - rich

sh / / - fishch / / - rich

ch /k/ - school

ph /f/ - photographch /k/ - headache

ch /k/ - school

ph /f/ - photographch /k/ - headachegh /f/ - tough

Diphthong

Vowel diagraphs

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ou / / - house ow / / - cow

-

ou / / - house ow / / - cow

- ei / / - neighey / / - keyoa / / - boatow / /- flowie / / - tie

ei / / - neighey / / - keyoa / / - boatow / /- flowie / / - tie

Silent letters

- h - hour, heir k - knee, knife

h - hour, heir k - knee, knife

h - hour, honourt - listen, oftenw - wrong, two

h - hour, honourt - listen, oftenw - wrong, twos - island

Word Contrac-tions

’ll - I’ll, we’ll’re - we’re, you’ren’t – don’t, isn’t

’ll - I’ll, we’ll’re - we’re, you’ren’t – don’t, isn’t

-est - eldest-er - smaller -ed - gifted-tion- station

-est - eldest-er - smaller -ed - gifted-tion- station

StressIn compound words

- usually formed by

In compound words

- usually formed by

combining 2 nouns(e.g. foot + ball = football)- sometimes noun+adjective(e.g. black + bird = blackbird)

Stress is usually on the 1st element.

e.g. police/man, news/paper

In 3-syllable & 4-syllable words

- words ending in -tion, -sion, ic usually have the stress on the 2nd last element.

e.g. re/la/tion, te/le/vi/sion, do/mes/tic

- words ending in -cy, -gy, -ty, -al, -phy have stress on the 3rd last element.

e.g. po/li/cy, uni/ver/si/ty, ge/o/gra/phy, e/lec/tri/cal

In Questions

combining 2 nouns(e.g. foot + ball = football)- sometimes noun+adjective(e.g. black + bird = blackbird)

Stress is usually on the 1st element.

e.g. police/man, news/paper

In 3-syllable & 4-syllable words

- words ending in -tion, -sion, ic usually have the stress on the 2nd last element.

e.g. re/la/tion, te/le/vi/sion, do/mes/tic

- words ending in -cy, -gy, -ty, -al, -phy have stress on the 3rd last element.

e.g. po/li/cy, uni/ver/si/ty, ge/o/gra/phy, e/lec/tri/cal

In Questions

- depends on the function @ the intended meaning of the question.

e.g. Are they LEAVING? (leaving or staying on?)Are THEY leaving?(those particular people)

In StatementsUsually the content words are stressed.

e.g. The TIME now is 2 O’CLOCK

- depends on the function @ the intended meaning of the question.e.g.Are they LEAVING? (leaving or staying on?)Are THEY leaving?(those particular ppl)

In StatementsUsually the content words are stressed.

e.g. The TIME now is 2 O’CLOCK

SOUND SYSTEM (YEAR 6)

1.1 Consonants, Vowels, & DiphthongsConsonants – initial, medial, final positionVowels – long & short sound

1.2 Consonant clusters1.3 Stress in 2- 3- & 4 syllable words1.4 Stresses in compound words1.5 Sentence stress and intonation1.6 Homographs & Homophones1.7 Contractions