Level 6

Spellings/concepts introduced/practised:

ce as in dance, niece, peace

se as in house, nurse, worse

se as in bruise, cause, please

ze as in breeze, maize, snooze

ge as in change, lounge, sponge

wr as in wrap, wrench, wrong

the as in breathe, soothe, writhe

kn as in knee, knife, know

syllable-final ck versus syllable-final k as in bookmark, clockwork, backstroke (see also this blog post)

c as in comic, magic, traffic (see column 2 on list)

cc as in accuse, broccoli, soccer

cc as in accept, accede, accent, access, coccyx, succeed, success, vaccine versus x as in exit

ph as in alphabet, elephant, photo

ch as in anchor, chemist, school

que as in antique, mosque, unique

gue as in catalogue, league, vague

gu as in disguise, guess, guitar

dg as in budget, fidget, lodger

st as in castle, listen, whistle

tte as in baguette, omelette, serviette

ch as in brochure, chef, machine

mb as in bomb, lamb, thumbs

sc as in adolescent, muscles, science

gn as in campaign, foreign, sign

gh as in dinghy, ghost, yoghurt and gh as in cough, laugh, tough

ou as in country, double, enough

gi as in contagious, region, religion

i as in brilliant, onion, seniors

verbs with two spellings, as in burnt/burned, dreamt/dreamed, spilt/spilled

gu as in extinguish, language, penguin (see third column on list)

t as in ballet, croquet, sachet

h as in exhausted, honest, hour

a or an as in a tarantula, an octopus, a unicorn, an hour (“an” is used before words starting with a vowel sound, but such words don’t always start with what’s usually considered a vowel letter).