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Identify Whether to Use u or ou

In this worksheet, students will need to decide whether to use 'u' or 'ou' to spell different words.

'Identify Whether to Use u or ou' worksheet

Key stage:  KS 2

Year:  Year 4 English worksheets

Curriculum topic:   Writing: Transcription

Curriculum subtopic:   Spelling Awareness

Popular topics:   Spelling worksheets, Money worksheets

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Worksheet Overview

Press the button to listen to the sound.

 

This short 'u' sound can be spelt using these graphemes:

 

u

ou

 

Look at the different spellings of this word – which spelling is correct?

human hand and gorilla hand

 

touch

tuch

 

In this activity, you will be asked to decide which grapheme is needed to spell each word correctly.

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