| 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). |