Set 2
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 |