Unusual letter patterns Letter patterns from Greek ps

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Unusual letter patterns

Unusual letter patterns

Letter patterns from Greek: ‘ps’ Some words that come from the Greek language begin

Letter patterns from Greek: ‘ps’ Some words that come from the Greek language begin with the grapheme ‘ps’. The phoneme is /s/. Some of these words also contain ‘y’, and these are sounded /igh/ when they follow ‘ps’. Some also contain ‘ch’ which is sounded /k/. See if you can read the words below following these rules: psalm psoriasis psychiatric psychedelic psychopath

Letter patterns from Greek: ‘pt’ Some words that come from the Greek language begin

Letter patterns from Greek: ‘pt’ Some words that come from the Greek language begin with the grapheme ‘pt’. The phoneme is /t/. See if you can read the words below: pterodactyl pterosaurs Do you know what these are?

Letter patterns from Greek: ‘mn’ One word that come from the Greek language begins

Letter patterns from Greek: ‘mn’ One word that come from the Greek language begins with the grapheme ‘mn’. The phoneme is /n/. See if you can read the word below: mnemonic Do you know what a mnemonic is?

Letter patterns from Greek: ‘hy’ Some words that come from the Greek language begin

Letter patterns from Greek: ‘hy’ Some words that come from the Greek language begin with the grapheme ‘hy’ The ‘y’ is usually sounded /igh/, but in a few words it is sounded /i/ See if you can read the words below: hybrid hydrate hydrogen hyena hygiene hyphen hypochondria hypothesis hymns hypnotise hypocrite hysteria hysterical

Letter patterns from Greek: ‘pn’ Some words that come from the Greek language begin

Letter patterns from Greek: ‘pn’ Some words that come from the Greek language begin with the grapheme ‘pn’. The phoneme is /n/. The ’eu’ which follows ‘pn’ is sounded /oo/ See if you can read the words below following these rules: pneumatic pneumonia Do you know the meaning of these words?

Letter patterns from Old English: ‘gn’ Some words that come from Old English begin

Letter patterns from Old English: ‘gn’ Some words that come from Old English begin with the grapheme ‘gn’. The phoneme is /n/. See if you can read the words below : gnarl gnash gnat gnaw gnome

Letter patterns from French: ‘ign’ Some words that come from French end with the

Letter patterns from French: ‘ign’ Some words that come from French end with the grapheme ‘ign’. The phoneme is /n/. In most cases, the ‘g’ changes the preceding vowel into a long vowel phoneme. See if you can read the words below : align assign benign campaign design foreign malign reign sovereign

How did you do? Will you remember how to spell these words? (Some of

How did you do? Will you remember how to spell these words? (Some of them are quite difficult!)