Warfield Primary › Phase 6

This page gives you an overview of Phase 6.

Phase 6 Coverage:

Apply phonic skills
Past tense
Suffixes: –ment, –ness, –ful , –less and –ly
Possessive apostrophe
Homophones and near homophones
Contractions
Longer words
Spelling rules
ge, dge, /s/ sound spelt c, kn, gn, wr, –le, –el, –al, –il, –y (dry), a before l and ll (all, walk), o (brother), –ey (monkey), a after w and qu (squash), or/ar after w (worm/war), –tion, /zh/ (television)
Suffixes and prefixes:
- added –es to nouns/verbs ending in –y,
- add -ed, –ing, –er and –est to a root word ending in –y with a consonant before it
- add the endings –ing, –ed, –er, –est and –y to words ending in –e with a consonant before it,
- add –ing, –ed, –er, –est and –y to words of one syllable ending in a single consonant letter after a single vowel letter
- suffixes –ment, –ness, –ful , –less and –ly