Step-by-step English Level 1: Spell a picture name from its letters
Part of the Step-by-step English Level 1 segmenting and spelling short words chapter. Chapter overview · whole chapter on one page
Spell a picture name from its letters
To spell a word, put its letters in the order of its sounds.
For the picture of a pen, the letters are p, e, n. Put them in order: p - e - n.
Read the letters from left to right to check.
Key ideas
- Say the picture name slowly.
- Put the letters in the order of the sounds.
- Read the word back to check.
Method. Say the name slowly, then write its letters in order.
- Say the name of the picture slowly. Say each sound, first to last.bat
- Put the letters in order. Start with the first sound.b - a - t
- Read the letters from left to right. Check the word matches the picture.bat
- Write the answer. bat
Check. Read the letters back: b - a - t. They make bat. ✓
Watch out. Each letter goes in the order of the sounds, not in alphabetical order.
Method. Say the name slowly, then write its letters in order.
- Say the name of the picture slowly. Say each sound, first to last.mat
- Put the letters in order. Start with the first sound.m - a - t
- Read the letters from left to right. Check the word matches the picture.mat
- Write the answer. mat
Check. Read the letters back: m - a - t. They make mat. ✓
Watch out. Each letter goes in the order of the sounds, not in alphabetical order.
Method. Say the name slowly, then write its letters in order.
- Say the name of the picture slowly. Say each sound, first to last.map
- Put the letters in order. Start with the first sound.m - a - p
- Read the letters from left to right. Check the word matches the picture.map
- Write the answer. map
Check. Read the letters back: m - a - p. They make map. ✓
Watch out. Each letter goes in the order of the sounds, not in alphabetical order.
Watch out
Watch out: the letters in the list are shuffled. Do not put them in alphabetical order.Exam tip
Grown-up tip. Use real letter cards or cut-out letters to build each word. Read the word back together.
Exercise 6B Practice: spell a picture name from its letters
Method. Say the name slowly, then write its letters in order.
- Say the name of the picture slowly. Say each sound, first to last.rat
- Put the letters in order. Start with the first sound.r - a - t
- Read the letters from left to right. Check the word matches the picture.rat
- Write the answer. rat
Check. Read the letters back: r - a - t. They make rat. ✓
Watch out. Each letter goes in the order of the sounds, not in alphabetical order.
Method. Say the name slowly, then write its letters in order.
- Say the name of the picture slowly. Say each sound, first to last.tap
- Put the letters in order. Start with the first sound.t - a - p
- Read the letters from left to right. Check the word matches the picture.tap
- Write the answer. tap
Check. Read the letters back: t - a - p. They make tap. ✓
Watch out. Each letter goes in the order of the sounds, not in alphabetical order.
Method. Say the name slowly, then write its letters in order.
- Say the name of the picture slowly. Say each sound, first to last.pan
- Put the letters in order. Start with the first sound.p - a - n
- Read the letters from left to right. Check the word matches the picture.pan
- Write the answer. pan
Check. Read the letters back: p - a - n. They make pan. ✓
Watch out. Each letter goes in the order of the sounds, not in alphabetical order.
Method. Say the name slowly, then write its letters in order.
- Say the name of the picture slowly. Say each sound, first to last.pin
- Put the letters in order. Start with the first sound.p - i - n
- Read the letters from left to right. Check the word matches the picture.pin
- Write the answer. pin
Check. Read the letters back: p - i - n. They make pin. ✓
Watch out. Each letter goes in the order of the sounds, not in alphabetical order.
Method. Say the name slowly, then write its letters in order.
- Say the name of the picture slowly. Say each sound, first to last.tin
- Put the letters in order. Start with the first sound.t - i - n
- Read the letters from left to right. Check the word matches the picture.tin
- Write the answer. tin
Check. Read the letters back: t - i - n. They make tin. ✓
Watch out. Each letter goes in the order of the sounds, not in alphabetical order.
Method. Say the name slowly, then write its letters in order.
- Say the name of the picture slowly. Say each sound, first to last.log
- Put the letters in order. Start with the first sound.l - o - g
- Read the letters from left to right. Check the word matches the picture.log
- Write the answer. log
Check. Read the letters back: l - o - g. They make log. ✓
Watch out. Each letter goes in the order of the sounds, not in alphabetical order.
Method. Say the name slowly, then write its letters in order.
- Say the name of the picture slowly. Say each sound, first to last.bug
- Put the letters in order. Start with the first sound.b - u - g
- Read the letters from left to right. Check the word matches the picture.bug
- Write the answer. bug
Check. Read the letters back: b - u - g. They make bug. ✓
Watch out. Each letter goes in the order of the sounds, not in alphabetical order.
Method. Say the name slowly, then write its letters in order.
- Say the name of the picture slowly. Say each sound, first to last.hut
- Put the letters in order. Start with the first sound.h - u - t
- Read the letters from left to right. Check the word matches the picture.hut
- Write the answer. hut
Check. Read the letters back: h - u - t. They make hut. ✓
Watch out. Each letter goes in the order of the sounds, not in alphabetical order.
Method. Say the name slowly, then write its letters in order.
- Say the name of the picture slowly. Say each sound, first to last.sun
- Put the letters in order. Start with the first sound.s - u - n
- Read the letters from left to right. Check the word matches the picture.sun
- Write the answer. sun
Check. Read the letters back: s - u - n. They make sun. ✓
Watch out. Each letter goes in the order of the sounds, not in alphabetical order.
Method. Say the name slowly, then write its letters in order.
- Say the name of the picture slowly. Say each sound, first to last.top
- Put the letters in order. Start with the first sound.t - o - p
- Read the letters from left to right. Check the word matches the picture.top
- Write the answer. top
Check. Read the letters back: t - o - p. They make top. ✓
Watch out. Each letter goes in the order of the sounds, not in alphabetical order.
Method. Say the name slowly, then write its letters in order.
- Say the name of the picture slowly. Say each sound, first to last.hat
- Put the letters in order. Start with the first sound.h - a - t
- Read the letters from left to right. Check the word matches the picture.hat
- Write the answer. hat
Check. Read the letters back: h - a - t. They make hat. ✓
Watch out. Each letter goes in the order of the sounds, not in alphabetical order.
Method. Say the name slowly, then write its letters in order.
- Say the name of the picture slowly. Say each sound, first to last.dog
- Put the letters in order. Start with the first sound.d - o - g
- Read the letters from left to right. Check the word matches the picture.dog
- Write the answer. dog
Check. Read the letters back: d - o - g. They make dog. ✓
Watch out. Each letter goes in the order of the sounds, not in alphabetical order.
Method. Say the name slowly, then write its letters in order.
- Say the name of the picture slowly. Say each sound, first to last.cup
- Put the letters in order. Start with the first sound.c - u - p
- Read the letters from left to right. Check the word matches the picture.cup
- Write the answer. cup
Check. Read the letters back: c - u - p. They make cup. ✓
Watch out. Each letter goes in the order of the sounds, not in alphabetical order.
Method. Read every choice, then pick the one that fits.
- Read each choice. Check which one fits.p / s / g
- Find the one that fits. The last letter of log is g.g is choice C
- Write the answer. C
Check. Read g in the sentence or list again. ✓
Watch out. Read every choice before you decide.
Method. Read every choice, then pick the one that fits.
- Read each choice. Check which one fits.s / g / p
- Find the one that fits. The last letter of bug is g.g is choice B
- Write the answer. B
Check. Read g in the sentence or list again. ✓
Watch out. Read every choice before you decide.
Method. Read every choice, then pick the one that fits.
- Read each choice. Check which one fits.t / p / s
- Find the one that fits. The last letter of hut is t.t is choice A
- Write the answer. A
Check. Read t in the sentence or list again. ✓
Watch out. Read every choice before you decide.
Method. Read every choice, then pick the one that fits.
- Read each choice. Check which one fits.n / s / p
- Find the one that fits. The last letter of sun is n.n is choice A
- Write the answer. A
Check. Read n in the sentence or list again. ✓
Watch out. Read every choice before you decide.