goes
Keep the base word go and add es: g-o-e-s. The ending s sounds like z, but it is still written with s.
2nd Grade · High-Frequency Words
2nd Grade High-Frequency Words — Set 3
2nd Grade High-Frequency Words — Set 3 uses silent e, vowel teams, endings, and useful chunks in words such as before, goes, story, great, between, made, and found.
Word list
All 12 words in this list
2nd Grade · High-Frequency Words
- before
- goes
- gave
- word
- story
- great
- those
- its
- between
- under
- made
- found
12 words
What to notice when spelling these words
Use known parts to hold longer words
The words before, story, between, and under can be held in spoken and written chunks. In before, the final ore is the same r-controlled spelling found in more. The two ee letters sit in the middle of between, and story ends with y spelling the final long e sound.
Compare vowel spellings and endings
The words gave and made use silent e to mark the long a sound. Those also has a silent e, while its final s sounds like z. In found, the vowel sound is spelled ou. The notes isolate three less expected vowel spellings and distinguish its from the contraction it’s.
Notes for particular words
word
In word, the vowel sound before r is spelled with o. Hold the whole r-controlled chunk or together: w-o-r-d.
great
The word great spells its long a sound with ea, not the more common ai or ay. Keep the ending t after the ea team: g-r-e-a-t.
its
Its is the possessive word and has no apostrophe. Spell it i-t-s.
In a sentence: The dog wagged its tail.