This quiz is on digraphs and asks KS1 children to recognise vowel digraphs - the two letter vowel sounds they see when reading. This game is aimed at Year 1 children and should be a reminder of the phonics sounds they have previously learned. Getting to know digraphs will give them a good foundation of literacy and the intricacies of the English language.
Within words, we have consonant sounds like ‘p’, ‘t’ and ‘s’. We also have vowel sounds. These sounds can consist of two vowels like ‘ai’ or one vowel and one consonant like ‘ay’. Both ‘ai’ and ‘ay’ make the same vowel sound. Test your knowledge on all of the vowel sounds.
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You can find more about this topic by visiting BBC Bitesize - Phonics digraphs and trigraphs
All the other sounds make what we call a vowel sound. When you say 'or', 'ou' and 'aw', it sounds like you are saying a vowel. Vowel sounds can have consonants at the end of them.
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The last three answers all make a vowel sound, even though they have a consonant in them.
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The sound 'ir' is in the word 'firm' and is pronounced the same way as 'ur'.
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You could have the word 'meat', which also has an 'ee' sound in it.
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Clay can be used to make bowls and plates. This is a picture of somebody using a pottery wheel.
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These sounds make the long 'o' sound.
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Although they all look the same, there are two different ways of saying the 'oo' sound. There is l + oo + k and t + oo. One makes an 'u' sound and the other makes a 'ew' (few/pew) sound.
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China produces the most tea but England and Ireland drink the most tea.
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A cloud is made up of tiny water droplets that we can see in the air.
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There are always exceptions to the rules. The 'ai' sound in this word isn't the same as it is in the word 'pain', so the word 'mountain' sounds more like m + ou + n + t + i + n.
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