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Spell the Long igh Phoneme 2

In this worksheet, students will learn to spell the long 'igh' phoneme.

'Spell the Long igh Phoneme 2' worksheet

Key stage:  KS 1

Year:  Year 1 English worksheets

Curriculum topic:   Reading: Word Reading

Curriculum subtopic:   Grapheme Awareness

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Worksheet Overview

A phoneme is a unit of sound. A trigraph is three letters that work together to make one sound. The long 'igh' trigraph sounds like this:

 

The long 'igh' phoneme can be made in other ways. 

It can be spelt 'ie', sometimes with a consonant between the 'i' and the 'e'. This is called a split digraph.

 

tie

tie

knife

knife

 

It can also be spelt using 'y'.

fly

fly

 

In words such as 'I' and 'tidy' it is spelt with 'i' on its own.

 

In this activity, you can practise reading and writing different spellings of the long 'igh' phoneme.

 

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