READ/SPELL – first phonetic words with vowel ‘u’
Hear, read, spell and use 2 and 3-letter phonetic words with vowel 'u'

• This resource pack of 6 pages covers: hearing, reading, spelling and using 2 and 3-letter phonetic words containing the letter ‘x’
• When ‘x’ is at the start of a word it makes a different sound to when ‘x’ is not at the start
• All the words in this pack do not have ‘x’ at the start of a word
Last updated
19th March 2026

• An initial sound is the sound a letter makes when it is at the beginning of a word
• If a word is phonetic it means the word can be sounded out using the initial sound of individual letters
Hear, read, spell and use 2 and 3-letter phonetic words with vowel 'u'

Hear, read, spell and use two and three-letter phonetic words

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