Set 2 Speed Sounds

ay

ay: may I play

play, day, may, way, say, spray

ee

ee: what can you see

see, three, been, green, seen, sleep

igh

igh: fly high

high, night, light, fright, bright, might

ow

ow: blow the snow

blow, snow, low, show, know, slow

oo

oo: poo at the zoo

too, zoo, food, pool, moon, spoon

oo

oo: look at a book

took, look, book, shook, cook, foot

ar

ar: start the car

car, start, part, star, hard, sharp

or

or: shut the door

sort, short, horse, sport, fork, snort

air

air: that’s not fair

fair, stair, hair, air, chair, lair

ir

ir: whirl and twirl

girl, bird, third, whirl, twirl, dirt

ou

ou: shout it out

out, shout, loud, mouth, round, found

oy

oy: toy for a boy

toy, boy, enjoy

Set 3 Speed Sounds

Sound

Phrase

Words to practice reading and spelling

ea

Cup of tea

clean, dream, seat, scream, real

oi

Spoil the boy

join, voice, coin

a-e

Make a cake

make, cake, name, same, late, date

i-e

Nice smile

smile, white, nice, like, time, hide

o-e

Phone home

home, hope, spoke, note, broke, phone

u-e

Huge brute

tune, rude, huge, brute, use, June

aw

Yawn at dawn

saw, las, dawn, crawl, paw, yawn

are

Care and share

share, dare, scare, square, bare

ur

Nurse with a purse

burn, turn, spurt, nurse, purse, hurt

er

A better letter

never, better, weather, after, proper, corner

ow

Brown cow

how, down, brown, cow, town, now

ai

Snail in the rain

snail, paid, tail, train, paint, rain

oa

Goat in a boat

goat, boat, road, throat, toast, coat

ew

Chew the stew

chew, new, blew, flew, drew, grew

ire

Fire! Fire!

Fire, hire, wire, bon/fire, in/spire, con/spire

ear

Hear with your ear

hear, dear, fear, near, year, ear

ure

Sure it’s pure

pure, sure, cure, pic/ture, mix/ture, ad/ven/ture