Year 2 common exception words
Spell correctly the Y2 statutory common exception words: door, floor, poor, because, find, kind, mind, behind, child, children, wild, climb, most, only, both, old, cold, gold, hold, told, every, great, break, steak, pretty, beautiful, after, fast, last, past, father, class, grass, pass, plant, path, bath, hour, move, prove, improve, sure, sugar, eye, could, should, would, who, whole, any, many, clothes, busy, people, water, again, half, money, Mr, Mrs, parents, Christmas
What you'll learn
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Some words don't follow the usual spelling rules — we call them tricky words!
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Which of these is the tricky word 'said'?
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Build the word 'said' by dragging the letters into the right order.
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Let's learn 'said' together — say it, then spell it.
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Now build the tricky word 'was'.
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Which one spells 'was' correctly?
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Spell 'said' — which letters are in it?
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