Set 2

Set 2 speed sounds

ay, ee, igh, ow, oo, oo,ar, or, air, ir, ou, oy

There are 12 Set 2 ‘speed sounds’ that are made up of two or three letters which represent just one sound, e.g. ay as in play, ee as in tree and igh as in high.

When children learn their Set 2 sounds they will learn:

the letters that represent a speed sound e.g. ay
a simple picture prompt linked to the ‘speed sound’ and a short phrase to say e.g. may I play
We call these 2/3 letter sounds that go together ‘special friends’

Every speed sound has a list of green words linked to it, so your child can ‘sound out’ and ‘sound blend’ words containing the new speed sound they have just learnt, for example (fred talk) s-p-r-ay = spray.

Vowel sound	Set 2 Speed Sound Rhyme	Green words (decodable)
ay	ay: may I play	day play say may way spray
ee	ee: what can you see?	See been seen sleep three green
igh	igh: fly high	high might light bright night fright
ow	ow: blow the snow	snow slow know show blow low
oo	oo: poo at the zoo	too zoo food pool moon spoon
oo	oo: look at a book	took shook cook foot look book
ar	ar: start the car	star part hard sharp car start
or	or: shut the door	sort short snort horse sport fork
air	air: that’s not fair	fair stair hair air lair chair
ir	ir: whirl and twirl	girl third whirl twirl dirt bird
ou	ou: shout it out	out mouth round found loud shout
oy	oy: toy for a boy	toy boy enjoy