The ough Letter String Word Search

Year 6 EnglishSpelling2 pages

About this worksheet

Twelve ough words hide in this two-page Year 6 word search, running across, down, backwards and diagonally. The list runs from bough and cough to thorough and thought. It puts words with very different sounds side by side, such as plough, enough and through, which is why the spellings need learning one by one. The answer key gives the row, column and direction for every word. It links to the England National Curriculum spelling objective on words that must be learnt specifically.

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Curriculum objectives covered

Spelling

โ€œUse knowledge of morphology and etymology in spelling and understand that the spelling of some words needs to be learnt specifically, as listed in English Appendix 1โ€

The twelve words share one letter string but not one sound, so pupils learn each spelling on its own.

What's inside this worksheet

The Tricky 'ough' Word Search

A letter grid with twelve words hidden in four directions, with the word list printed underneath.

Answer Key

The start point and direction of each word, such as PLOUGH running diagonally down to the right from row 7.

How teachers use it

Sound sort afterwards

Once the search is done, ask pupils to group the words by sound: rough, tough and enough together, bough and plough together.

Spelling homework

Send it home with the week's ough spellings. The key gives each word's row and column for fast checking.

Early finishers

Keep copies ready for pupils who finish a spelling lesson early. THOUGH, THOUGHT and THROUGH look alike, so they have to read carefully.

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