Year 1 Spelling Patterns: Vowel Digraphs (ai, oi, ay, oy, ee, ea, igh and More)
Fill in the missing Year 1 vowel digraph (ai, oi, ay, oy, ee, ea, igh, oa, ow, ue, ew, ar) in the DfE example words, with an answer key.
Kindergarten · Spelling worksheet
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Year 1 Spelling Patterns: Vowel Digraphs (ai, oi, ay, oy, ee, ea, igh, oa, ow, ue, ew)
Fill in the missing vowel spelling, then write the whole word. The bracket tells you which spellings to choose from.
Word bank
BoatBlueCoinRainWaitGrewPlaySnowDreamGreenLightNightEnjoyGarden
- 1.r blank n (ai or oi)
- 2.w blank t (ai or oi)
- 3.c blank n (ai or oi)
- 4.pl blank (ay or oy)
- 5.enj blank (ay or oy)
- 6.gr blank n (ee or ea)
- 7.dr blank m (ee or ea)
- 8.n blank t (igh)
- 9.l blank t (igh)
- 10.b blank t (oa)
- 11.sn blank (ow)
- 12.bl blank (ue or ew)
- 13.gr blank (ue or ew)
- 14.g blank den (ar)
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Accuracy and sources
These references support the historical wording and answer key on this worksheet.
- DfE, English Appendix 1: Spelling (statutory) — Statutory word lists, spelling rules and example words are reproduced verbatim from the DfE appendix under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (Crown copyright).