The long vowel phoneme ie
is linked to four different spelling choices or graphemes
ie
i-e
igh
y
So you have many graphemes to remember
this week! Let’s start with ie
Remember the
rhyme:
‘When two vowels go awalking,
The one in front does the
talking.’
Well you can use it with
to jog your memory
when you use ie in a
word.
•
•
•
•
•
•
pie
die
diet
lie
tie
fried
• “I’d just love some of that
cheese and onion pie, but
I’m on a diet!” sighed
poor old mum.
Let’s move on to i-e
An e placed at the end of the
word makes the vowel in
front say it’s name.
• ripe
• time
• ride
• side
• fine
• slide
• slice
• wipe
• smile
• pine
• pipe
• quite
• write
• site
• like
• mile
I quite like to write about the
beautiful pine trees in my
garden, when they are
covered in soft white snow.
The next grapheme is probably the most tricky so you had better
put on your thinking caps for this one!
It’s
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
sigh
thigh
high
night
might
sight
knight
bright
tight
igh
fight
It was a terrible sight to
see the brave knight
fight the evil black
knight in the
tournament.
The last one is
•
This one is easy to remember as this
grapheme usually appears at the end
of a word.
Which one is the odd one out?
• Cry
• July
• fry
• dry
• by
• buy
• guy
• sty
• spy
• why
• shy
• my
• Bye, bye!
y
• Wilbur the amazing pig could
only cry when his shy friend
Charlotte the spider died, in
his sty in July.
“Bye, bye, Charlotte, my true
friend”, he sobbed.
Now it’s your turn, write the words as plurals.
Remember with words ending in y, take off the
y and add –ies.
• pie
• tie
• sky
• fly
• pipe
• diet
• ride
“I hate flies as they carry
germs,” said Mrs. Mopp
So what’s been happening lately to Peter
Goodfellow, the kindly tramp?
It had been raining and Peter had gone to hide
in a bus shelter. With a smile he wiped his
face with his tie. He dug down into his jacket
pocket and found a two pound coins. A bright
red bus was coming…
“I might just ride on the bus for a mile or two
and stop off for a nice, slice of pie and some
fried tomatoes at The Light Bite Cafe.
Wonderful!” he sighed.
Well did you spot all of the ie phoneme words?
There were 14, did you find them all?
It had been raining and Peter had gone to hide
in a bus shelter. With a smile he wiped his
face with his tie. He dug down into his jacket
pocket and found a two pound coins. A bright
red bus was coming…
“I might just ride on the bus for a mile or two
and stop off for a nice, slice of pie and some
fried tomatoes at The Light Bite Cafe.
Wonderful!” he sighed.
Can you remember all the graphemes that can
be used to make the long vowel phoneme, ie?
ie
i-e
igh
y