use
In use, silent e helps u spell its long sound. When use is a verb, the s usually sounds like z, but it is still spelled s: u-s-e.
2nd Grade · High-Frequency Words
2nd Grade High-Frequency Words — Set 6
2nd Grade High-Frequency Words — Set 6 contrasts silent-e and vowel-team spellings in use, take, too, and each with consonant patterns in must, went, think, and much.
Word list
All 12 words in this list
2nd Grade · High-Frequency Words
- away
- right
- must
- use
- work
- went
- done
- think
- take
- too
- much
- each
12 words
What to notice when spelling these words
Map the consonant frames
The words must and went have short vowels inside familiar beginning and ending consonants. In think, th begins the word and nk ends it; in much, ch spells the final sound. These clear consonant frames leave the vowels and vowel teams as the main points of comparison across the set.
Contrast ways to spell the vowels
The word away ends in ay, take uses silent e, and each uses ea for a long e sound. The word right holds its long i sound in the igh team. Too uses oo, and its note connects that spelling to meaning so it is not confused with to or two. The notes also mark the less transparent written vowels in work and done.
Notes for particular words
work
The r-controlled vowel in work is spelled or. Keep that written chunk before the final k: w-o-r-k.
done
The word done has a final e, but its o has the short u sound heard in sun. Hold the spelling d-o-n-e.
too
Too, meaning also or more than needed, ends with two o's.
In a sentence: This bag is too heavy for me.