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Help Froggy to write the correct spelling.

For each box decide the correct spelling and write a sentence.

“ A s t r a i g h t f o r w a r d g a m e t h e c h i l d r e n e n j o y . ”

boatrope

bow

noas/nosebowl/bole

sope/soap

Joe ___________ up at six o’clock. (woak/woke)

The roofs and fields were all white with the ___________. (snoe/snow)

We saw some sheep and ___________ at the farm. (gotes/goats)

We had ___________ and jam for breakfast. (towst/toast)

Gran has a lot of ___________ bushes in her garden. (rows/rose)

croak/croke throwt/throat

hope/hoap

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The words in each box sound the same but have different spellings and meanings. Write sentences for some of the words.

Help Froggy to write the correct spelling.

“ N e e d s n o s u p e r v i s i o n : p e r f e c t f o r s c h o o l a n d h o m e . ”

snoe/snow coat/cote bown/bone

Please ___________ the ball to me. (throw/throe)

It was raining a lot so we got ___________ . (soaked/soked)

At the football match Pete scored 2 ___________. (goles/goals)

There were a lot of black ___________ in the tree. (crose/crows)

A ___________ is a bit like a frog. (towed/toad)

Mr Hope’s house is made of ___________. (stone/stown)

The dog dug a big ___________ in the garden. (hoal/hole)

Please close the ___________. (window/windoa)

road-rode groan-grown tow-toe

“Which Spelling?” Page 5

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The words in each box sound the same but have different spellings and meanings. Write sentences for some of the words.

Help Froggy to write the correct spelling.

seel/seal bee/bea sheeld/shieldGrandad made us a lovely ___________ on Sunday. (meal/meel) My favourite colour is ___________. (grean/green)The first day of the school ___________ is Monday. (weak/week)My teacher lives in Blake ___________. (Street/Streat) We went to ___________ a play at the theatre last Saturday. (sea/see)I am full. I can’t ___________ any more. (eat/eet)There are three cows in that ___________. (feeld/field)A little river is called a ___________. (striem/stream)

been-bean cheap-cheep meet-meat

“ A n a t t r a c t i v e a n d u s e r - f r i e n d l y a p p . ”

Froggy’s Which Spelling? Sheets

These 10 free worksheets focus on the different spellings for the 5 long vowel phonemes /ai/, /ee/, /igh/, /oa/ and /oo/.

The sheets were designed to accompany the Froggy Match-it phonics app at level 9, but can be used by any children learning phonics.

The pdf consists of 10 worksheets, 2 for each vowel sound, where children have to choose correct spellings from 2 alternatives either for illustrations or in sentences. Some homophones are included.

Froggy Match-it is a graded, interactive phonics game for use on a tablet or phone.

It is meant for beginner readers who know most of the single letter sounds and is designed to fit in with the phonics schemes used in schools.

Froggy Match-it is ideal for use in school and at home.

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PHONICS: ALTERNATIVE SPELLINGS FOR LONG VOWEL SOUNDS

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Help Froggy to write the correct spelling.

For each box decide the correct spelling and write a sentence.

rain gate hay

wayv/wave trai/tray chain/chane

The opposite of ‘early’ is ‘___________’. (layt/late)

We went to London by ___________. (trane/train)

I had a ___________ of chess with James. (gaim/game)

My sister ___________ me a cake for my birthday. (maid/made)

On holiday we ___________ in a big hotel. (staid/stayed)

paint/paynt same/saim sprai/spray

“ E s p e c i a l l y g o o d f o r p a r e n t s w a n t i n g t o s u p p o r t t h e i r c h i l d r e n ’ s l e a r n i n g . ”

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The words in each box sound the same but have different spellings and meanings. Write sentences for some of the words.

Help Froggy to write the correct spelling.

clay/clai nale/nail cake/caik

Mum is painting the___________ pale green. (gayt/gate)

The month after April is ___________. (May/Mae)

Look at the dog wagging his ___________ . (tail/tale)

A ___________ is like a slug but it has a shell. (snail/snale)

It was hot so we sat in the ___________. (shaid/shade)

Dad ___________ for the shopping and put it in the car. (paid/payed)

We go out to ___________ at ten o’clock. (plai/play)

I am going to ___________ my new reading book home. (tayk/take)

sale-sail plane-plain main-mane

“ A l l i n a l l a g r e a t r e s o u r c e . I w o u l d r e c o m m e n d i t . ”

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Help Froggy to write the correct spelling.

For each box decide the correct spelling and write a sentence.

“ G r e a t a p p . A m a z i n g v a l u e f o r m o n e y . ”

feet leaf field

sheep/sheap beed/bead beak/biek

I like to ___________ a book in bed. (read/reed)

We sat on the back ___________ in the bus. (seet/seat)

Someone who steals things is a ___________. (theef/thief)

The lake is very ___________. (deep/deap)

Your ___________ is at the back of your foot. (heal/heel)

keep/keap driem/dream speak/speek

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The words in each box sound the same but have different spellings and meanings. Write sentences for some of the words.

Help Froggy to write the correct spelling.

seel/seal bee/bea sheeld/shield

Grandad made us a lovely ___________ on Sunday. (meal/meel)

My favourite colour is ___________. (grean/green)

The first day of the school ___________ is Monday. (weak/week)

My teacher lives in Blake ___________. (Street/Streat)

We went to ___________ a play at the theatre last Saturday. (sea/see)

I am full. I can’t ___________ any more. (eat/eet)

There are three cows in that ___________. (feeld/field)

A little river is called a ___________. (striem/stream)

been-bean cheap-cheep meet-meat

“ A n a t t r a c t i v e a n d u s e r - f r i e n d l y a p p . ”

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Help Froggy to write the correct spelling.

For each box decide the correct spelling and write a sentence.

“ R e a l l y g r e a t f o r c h i l d r e n w h o n e e d e x t r a s u p p o r t . ”

light dive sky

crigh/cry rite/right kite/kight

I can’t reach the book. The shelf is too ___________. (high/hie)

It is lovely to see the sun ___________. (shyn/shine)

These sums are hard but I will ___________ to get them right. (try/trigh)

We saw a lot of bats flying around last ___________. (nite/night)

My new top has black and white ___________. (stryps/stripes)

spine/spighn tite/tight fly/fligh

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Help Froggy to write the correct spelling.

For each box decide the correct spelling and write a sentence.

“ C h i l d r e n c a n w o r k a t t h e i r o w n p a c e . ”

byk/bike fly/fligh fite/fight

I helped Dad to hang the washing out to ___________. (drigh/dry)

We are going to the seaside tomorrow if it stays ___________. (fine/fyn)

Mike loves plums but he doesn’t ___________ grapes. (lighk/like)

The light in my bedroom is not very ___________. (brite/bright)

I wish I could ___________ like a bird in the sky. (flie/fly)

We ___________ go to Spain for our holidays. (mite/might)

Neema came down the ___________ really fast. (slighd/slide)

I am going to ___________ the eggs in this pan. (frigh/fry)

fright/frite mine/mighn spigh/spy

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Help Froggy to write the correct spelling.

For each box decide the correct spelling and write a sentence.

“ A s t r a i g h t f o r w a r d g a m e t h e c h i l d r e n e n j o y . ”

boat rope bow

noas/nose bowl/bole sope/soap

Joe ___________ up at six o’clock. (woak/woke)

The roofs and fields were all white with the ___________. (snoe/snow)

We saw some sheep and ___________ at the farm. (gotes/goats)

We had ___________ and jam for breakfast. (towst/toast)

Gran has a lot of ___________ bushes in her garden. (rows/rose)

croak/croke throwt/throat hope/hoap

“Which Spelling?” Page 8© 2017 Lynn Lettice www.froggy-match-it.co.uk

The words in each box sound the same but have different spellings and meanings. Write sentences for some of the words.

Help Froggy to write the correct spelling.

“ N e e d s n o s u p e r v i s i o n : p e r f e c t f o r s c h o o l a n d h o m e . ”

snoe/snow coat/cote bown/bone

Please ___________ the ball to me. (throw/throe)

It was raining a lot so we got ___________ . (soaked/soked)

At the football match Pete scored 2 ___________. (goles/goals)

There were a lot of black ___________ in the tree. (crose/crows)

A ___________ is a bit like a frog. (towed/toad)

Mr Hope’s house is made of ___________. (stone/stown)

The dog dug a big ___________ in the garden. (hoal/hole)

Please close the ___________. (window/windoa)

road-rode groan-grown tow-toe

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Help Froggy to write the correct spelling.

For each box decide the correct spelling and write a sentence.

“ T h i s a p p i s a g r e a t a d d i t i o n t o o u r s c h o o l ’ s p h o n i c s r e s o u r c e s . ”

boot tube crew

gloo/glue roof/rewf cewb/cube

The old tree had really big ___________. (roots/rutes)

My new coat is bright ___________. (blew/blue)

I’m going to go for a swim in the ___________. (pool/pule)

Mum ___________ a lot of plants in the garden. (groo/grew)

There are a lot of forks but not many ___________. (spoons/spunes)

rule/rool nuse/news cool/cule

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Help Froggy to write the correct spelling.

For each box decide the correct spelling and write a sentence.

screw/scroo blew/blue mune/moon

The month after May is ___________. (Jewn/June)

Sue put the dog’s ___________ in its bowl. (fude/food)

Luke put his ___________ in his pencil case. (ruler/rooler)

Ben ___________ the book across the room. (throo/threw)

Twelve o’clock midday is called ___________. (nune/noon)

The opposite of ‘old’ is ‘___________’. (new/nue)

Shoona ___________ a picture of kangaroo. (droo/drew)

The wind blew some tiles off the ___________. (rewf/roof)

mood/mewd clue/clew groo/grew

“ T h i s a p p r e a l l y c o n s o l i d a t e s o u r c l a s s p h o n i c s w o r k . ”