By the end of this activity you will be able to: Recognise the odd word out using the sounds of ‘c’.

Read each word aloud from each drop-down list. Listen to see if you can hear which word is different to the others in the list. See if you can find a pattern.

Have you found a pattern? C can have a hard or a soft sound, depending on the letter which follows it. Can you write rules for ca, ce, ci, co, cu and cy? Which letters usually soften the c?