Skip to content

Join
Year 6Spelling & Grammar

Year 6 Spelling Resource Pack -ough (Rhymes with bought)

Year 5/6 spelling pack focusing on -ought.. Includes differentiated activities, sentence-writing, and practice tasks. Perfect for SPaG lessons, revision, and SATs preparation.

CoverCover and first page

Preview only. The download is 2 files, listed in full below.

Every page is shown before you download. The files themselves come with membership, or sign in if you already have one.

Included with membership

Unlock with membership

Already a member? Sign in and it downloads from this page.

Keep it for later and group it with the rest of the block. No account needed to start.

  • Print it as it is, or as many as you need
  • Differentiated three ways
  • Instant download, no watermark

About this resource

Help your Upper Key Stage 2 pupils master challenging spelling patterns with this Year 5/6 Spelling Resource Pack, focusing on the letter-string ought. Closely linked to the statutory Year 5/6 spelling requirements, this resource explores how the ough letter-string can be pronounced in different ways in words such as fought, thought, ought, nought, brought, and bought. Through a clear, structured approach, pupils investigate how spelling patterns affect pronunciation and meaning, strengthening both their spelling accuracy and vocabulary development. By engaging with interactive and contextualised activities, children build confidence in applying tricky ough spellings to their own writing. This flexible, low-prep pack is designed for whole-class lessons, small-group activities, or independent practice, making it easy to integrate into your SPaG curriculum. What’s Included in the Pack? ✔ Teaching slides introducing the ough letter-string with examples and pronunciation support ✔ Word sorting activities to group ough words by spelling pattern and sound ✔ Error-spotting and correction tasks to develop spelling accuracy ✔ Sentence-writing and application activities using ough words in context ✔ Word hunts and investigations to extend vocabulary with additional ough words ✔ Answer sheets included for quick teacher feedback or independent checking Why Teachers Love This Pack: ✔ Covers statutory Year 5/6 spelling requirements for ough words ✔ Differentiated and flexible for whole-class, group, or individual learning ✔ Combines spelling practice with vocabulary and fluency building ✔ Perfect for SPaG starters, homework tasks, SATs preparation, or interventions Curriculum Links: This pack supports the Upper Key Stage 2 National Curriculum for English by helping children: ✔ Recognise and spell common words containing the ough letter-string ✔ Understand the range of sounds represented by the same spelling pattern ✔ Apply new vocabulary accurately in written sentences and textRead more

Help your Upper Key Stage 2 pupils master challenging spelling patterns with this Year 5/6 Spelling Resource Pack, focusing on the letter-string ought. Closely linked to the statutory Year 5/6 spelling requirements, this resource explores how the ough letter-string can be pronounced in different ways in words such as fought, thought, ought, nought, brought, and bought. Through a clear, structured approach, pupils investigate how spelling patterns affect pronunciation and meaning, strengthening both their spelling accuracy and vocabulary development. By engaging with interactive and contextualised activities, children build confidence in applying tricky ough spellings to their own writing. This flexible, low-prep pack is designed for whole-class lessons, small-group activities, or independent practice, making it easy to integrate into your SPaG curriculum. What’s Included in the Pack? ✔ Teaching slides introducing the ough letter-string with examples and pronunciation support ✔ Word sorting activities to group ough words by spelling pattern and sound ✔ Error-spotting and correction tasks to develop spelling accuracy ✔ Sentence-writing and application activities using ough words in context ✔ Word hunts and investigations to extend vocabulary with additional ough words ✔ Answer sheets included for quick teacher feedback or independent checking Why Teachers Love This Pack: ✔ Covers statutory Year 5/6 spelling requirements for ough words ✔ Differentiated and flexible for whole-class, group, or individual learning ✔ Combines spelling practice with vocabulary and fluency building ✔ Perfect for SPaG starters, homework tasks, SATs preparation, or interventions Curriculum Links: This pack supports the Upper Key Stage 2 National Curriculum for English by helping children: ✔ Recognise and spell common words containing the ough letter-string ✔ Understand the range of sounds represented by the same spelling pattern ✔ Apply new vocabulary accurately in written sentences and text

What you get, 2 files

  • PDFActivity
  • ZIPThe whole pack

This pack is listed as editable, so the editable copy comes with it. We do not print page counts here, because our catalogue does not publish them and a guessed number is worse than none.

★★★ Differentiated three ways
  • Working towardsScaffolded, with the model or the bar already drawn.
  • Working withinThe expected standard for the year group.
  • Greater depthReasoning and explaining, not just more of the same.

Our own system, with the star count repeated in every worksheet header so a child can be handed the right sheet without a word.

More spelling & grammar for Year 6

Got a question about this resource?

Leave a message and we’ll get back to you.

Editable resourcesOpens in PowerPoint so you can edit to suit your classWhite Rose supportingFollows the small steps you already plan fromKey eventsSeasonal and cultural resources for the moments in the school yearReasoning Maths HubReasoning and problem solving, by year group

Sign up to keep updated on new resources

An email when there is something new for the year group you actually teach. Unsubscribe in a click.

Year group you teach

We keep your address, and the year group you teach, so we can tell you when there is something new for it. Here is how we look after it: privacy policy.