| Spellings | Example words with link to word list |
| Nothing new except syllable structure | black, bring, clod, crutch, dredge, dwell, flesh, frog, gloss, grub, plum, pram, scab, shred, skid, slam, smudge, sniff, spam, sting,swag, tram, twin |
| irregular past tense | drank, stank, rang, slept, dwelt, spilt, dug, slid, told |
| qu | quest, quick, squid (left column) |
| 3rd person s | drinks, smacks, smells (add s to any verbs from previous liststhat don’t end in s, z, sh, ch or dge) |
| 5 and 6-sound words | clamps, prints, stands, script, spring, strong |
| a as in want | want, wash, swan, squad |
| Punctuation | a chick’s legs, a man’s cup a bus’ back, Tess’ bag, this kid’s lost, the milk’s fresh, she’ll fix it, he’s let it go, two chimps, the chimp’s lunch, the chimps’ lunch, an ant, a box, a dress, an ox |
| Meet u as in put, oo as in look | put, bull, push (left column) |
| Meet a as in all | all, fall, stall, wall (left column) |
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