spelling rule 1: ff, ll, ss · spelling rule 5: /ch/ spelled ch and tch rule: 1./ch/ can be spelled...
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Spelling Rule 1: ff, ll, ss Rule: For one syllable words with a short vowel that end in f, l, or s, double the final f, l, or s.
Examples: cuff mall loss puff doll chess cliff swell grass
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tell stuff sell
dress bless drill
spill scroll staff
skill pill egress
wall fluff shell
glass bluff skull
dull yell puff
Here are some words that follow the ff,ll,ss rule for you to read. Start a stopwatch and then read as many words as you can in one minute.
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Spelling Rule 2: ld, nd, st
Rule: The vowels i and o in one-syllable words that end in ld, nd, and st may have a long sound. That means the vowel says its own name.
Examples: hold child host find scold mild post kind fold wild most blind gold grind ghost behold
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child hold blind
host grind mild
scold post bind
most bold behold
wild ghost cold
fold mold find
kind gold hind
Here are some words with the ld, nd, st rule for you to read. Start a stopwatch and then read as many words as you can in one minute.
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Spelling Rule 3: y says /ī/
Rule: In some one-syllable words y says /ī/.
Examples: ply sly pry spry fry dry shy fly spy try sky why cry by my
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fry dry my
spry shy by
cry fly pry
sly spy why
sky try ply
Here are some words with the y says /ī/ rule for you to read. Start a stopwatch and then read as many words as you can in one minute.
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Spelling Rule 4: /k/ spelled k and ck
Rule: 1. /k/ can be spelled k or ck.
2. Use ck at the end of a word directly after a single short vowel.
3. Use k after a consonant, after a long-vowel sound, or after two vowels.
Examples: back suck fake spoke deck track lake woke lack trick fork peek rock meek mark week
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back sleek fake
flick Greek choke
deck tuck truck
sack meek stroke
suck track trick
neck rock sink
week luck duck
Here are some words with the /k/ spelled k and ck rule for you to read. Start a stopwatch and then read as many words as you can in one minute.
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Spelling Rule 5: /ch/ spelled ch and tch
Rule: 1. /ch/ can be spelled ch or tch.
2. Use tch at the end of a word directly after a single short vowel.
3. Use ch at the beginning of a word, or at the end of a word after a consonant, or after two vowels.
Examples: arch inch much rich beech bunch gulch lunch batch catch ditch fetch hatch latch notch channel
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batch roach each
catch touch much
hatch starch match
latch swatch grouch
finch punch pitch
such mulch pooch
patch watch starch
Here are some words with the ch and tch rule for you to read. Start a stopwatch and then read as many words as you can in one minute.
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Spelling Rule 6: /j/ spelled ge and dge
Rule: 1. /j/ can be spelled ge or dge.
2. Use dge at the end of a word directly after a single short vowel.
3. Use ge after a consonant or after a long vowel sound.
Examples: hinge dodge hedge rage ledge fudge ridge wage huge bulge purge cage
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edge gorge badge
verge bridge stage
dodge range fudge
purge hedge large
judge merge lodge
forge nudge bulge
ridge wage wedge
Here are some words with the ge, dge rule for you to read. Start a stopwatch and then read as many words as you can in one minute.
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Spelling Rule 7: /ij/ -- spelled age
Rule: /ij/ at the end of a word is spelled age.
Examples: cage page rage dosage wage stage image damage sage manage
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cage rage sage
image damage dosage
engage garage manage
voyage bandage bondage
cottage cartilage birdcage
language mortgage shortage
underage wreckage savage
Here are some words using the age rule for you to read. Start a stopwatch and then read as many words as you can in one minute.
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Spelling Rule 8: /ou/--spelled ou and ow
Rule: Use ou at the beginning or in the middle of a word unless the /ou/ sound is followed by a single n, l, er, or el; then use ow.
Examples: flour shout vowel down clown brown growl flower power tower towel ground
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cloud four found
noun mound ouch
scout pouch spout
trout allow clown
towel frown chow
rowdy glow drown
plow vowel town
Here are some words using the ou, ow rule for you to read. Start a stopwatch and then read as many words as you can in one minute.
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Spelling Rule 9: /ô/--spelled au and aw
Rule: Use au at the beginning or in the middle of a word unless the /ô/ sound is followed by a single n, l, er, or el; then use aw.
Examples: dawn fault fraud pause sauce sauna haul crawl hawk prawn yawn claw
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straw crawl jaw
raw dawn flaws
auto law prawn
audit fault squaw
lawn slaw fraud
sauce cause saw
pause maul shawl
Here are some words using the au, aw rule for you to read. Start a stopwatch and then read as many words as you can in one minute.
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Spelling Rule 10: Plural
Rule: 1. Plural means “more than one.”
2. Words are made plural by adding s or es to singular words.
3. Add s to regular plurals.
4. Add es to words ending in –ch, -s, -sh, -x, -y, -z.
5. If the -ch ending is pronounced with a k then add –s.
6. Some words ending in -f or -fe change to –ves.
7. If the word ends in a vowel -a,e,i,o,u, + y then just add -s.
8. If the word ends in a consonant + y then it changes to –ies.
9. You can either add an -s or -es to words ending in -o or sometimes they're spelled either way.
10. There are some words that are the same in the plural as in the singular.
Examples: file/files box/boxes stomach/stomachs life/lives wife/wives baby/babies memory/memories video/videos sheep/sheep
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file/files deer/deer stereo/stereos
tray/trays body/bodies journey/journeys
life/lives glass/glasses girl/girls
wash/washes key/keys baby/babies
shelf/shelves radio/radios fish/fish
wife/wives box/boxes book/books
cod/cod video/videos scissors/scissors
Here are some plural words for you to read. Start a stopwatch and then read as many words as you can in one minute.
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Spelling Rule 11: Homonyms
Rule: A homonym is a word that sounds the same as another word or words but has a different meaning and is spelled differently.
There are over 400 homonyms in the English language.
Examples:
be-bee knew-new one-won pear-pair mail-main toe-tow hair-hare made-maid so-sew
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aid-aide affect-effect ate-eight
bolder-boulder die-dye fair-fare
heal-heel higher-hire hours-ours
knight-night lead-led loan-lone
miner-minor pair-pare patients-patience
plain-plane poor-pour principal-principle
quarts-quartz right-write sole-soul
Here are some homonyms words for you to read. Start a stopwatch and then read as many words as you can in one minute.
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Spelling Rule 12: Homonyms—Two, To, Too
Rule: A homonym is a word that sounds the same as another word or words but has a different meaning and is spelled differently.
The homonyms two, to, and too are important.
Definitions: two: a number to: a direction, towards too: in addition, also
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Spelling Rule 13: Homonyms—There, Their, They’re
Rule: A homonym is a word that sounds the same as another word or words but has a different meaning and is spelled differently.
The homonyms there, their, and they’re are important.
Definitions: there: a place
their: belonging to them (more than one person)
they’re: contraction for they are
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Spelling Rule 14: Contractions
Rule: A contraction is a word made from a verb and another word. An apostrophe takes the place of any letters that are left out. A contraction can be made by joining a verb and the word “not,” a word and the verb “is,” and a pronoun and a verb. Although there are nearly one hundred different contractions, you will learn many of the commonly used ones here.
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Examples: aren’t can’t hasn’t he’ll isn’t that’s they’ll we’d who’ll who’s won’t you’ve
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wouldn’t who’s can’t
that’s I’d they’d
didn’t won’t there’s
we’ll you’ve aren’t
weren’t they’re you’ll
couldn’t wasn’t here’s
he’s she’ll isn’t
Here are some contractions for you to read. Start a stopwatch and then read as many words as you can in one minute.
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Spelling Rule 15: Doubling Rule (1-1-1 Rule)
Rule: If a one-syllable word ends in one consonant with one vowel before it, double the final consonant of the word when you add a suffix that begins with a vowel.
Do not double the final consonant if the suffix begins with a consonant.
Never double the letters w, x, and y.
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Examples: mad + est maddest mad + er madder mad + ly madly mad + ness madness snow + ing snowing box + ing boxing play + er player
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stopped digging illness
rubbed stopped hoping
sitting witness grinned
foggy badly shipping
joyful sadly planned
wrapping scrubbing tripped
swimming spotted running
Here are some words that use the doubling rule for you to read. Start a stopwatch and then read as many words as you can in one minute.
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Spelling Rule 16: ie, ei Rule
Rule: “Use i before e except after c, unless sounding like a as in neighbor or weigh.”
When it sounds like /ē/, it is usually ie, but sometimes it is ei.
The /ē/ sound on the end of a word is usually spelled with y, but it can be ie.
There are many exceptions.
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Examples: field shield wield belief cashier ceiling receipt pierce movie brief nightie rookie calorie prairie deceive
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weird hygiene deceive
diesel piece retrieve
niece beige sleigh
siege yield shriek
freight achieve neighbor
priest ceiling receipt
receive conceive deceit
Here are some words using the ie, ei rule for you to read. Start a stopwatch and then read as many words as you can in one minute.
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Spelling Rule 17: /ôt/--spelled aught and ought
Rule: The /ôt/ sound is spelled aught or ought.
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Examples: taught caught naughty daughter slaughter haughty naught ought sought drought brought thought bought fought
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slaughter daughter haughty
naughty caught naught
taught brought drought
thought bought fought
ought sought naught
thought fraught wrought
waught aught taught
Here are some words with the aught and ought rule for you to read. Start a stopwatch and then read as many words as you can in one minute.
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Spelling Rule 18: Silent-e Rules
Rule:
1. When a word ends in silent-e, drop the e when adding a suffix that begins with a vowel.
2. When a word ends in silent-e, keep the e when adding a suffix that begins with a consonant.
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Examples: hiking liking hoping dining blaming shiny likely safely driving hopeful
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hiking liking hoping
dining blaming shiny
joking hopeful likely
safely driving used
useful skater dated
spoken baking barely
hoping abiding carefully
Here are some words with the silent-e rule for you to read. Start a stopwatch and then read as many words as you can in one minute.
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