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Be a Master Speller: Follow the Rules © White Educational Products
English spelling can be frustrating for native speakers, and especially for nonnative speakers. English is consistently inconsistent; therefore, following rules and suggestions offered will help you become a Master Speller and will help you to be able to find exceptions to rules. © White Educational Products
• • • Practice writing words Break words up in syllables Look the meaning up in a dictionary Review for 15 -20 min. daily Create a sentence using spelling words Create a story using spelling words © White Educational Products
• We must know and understand the rules of spelling in order to understand the exceptions. • English is one of the most difficult languages even for native speakers. © White Educational Products
i before e, except after c achieve, believe, bier, brief, chief, fiend, friend, grief, grieve, hygiene, patience, pierce, priest, thief ceiling, conceive, conceit, deceive, deceit, perceive, receipt, receive © White Educational Products
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words that make the “a” sound beige, freight, neighbor, sleigh, vein, weight, and weigh Exceptions that do not have a pattern either, feint, foreign, forfeit, height, leisure, neither, seize, weird © White Educational Products
Change y to i when adding an ending supply worry merry © White Educational Products supplies worries merrier supplied worried supplying worrying
When –ing is added, keep y. crying cries cried studying studies studied When a vowel comes before the y , keep y obeyed obeying obeys obeyer say said saying says sayer © White Educational Products
Add -s or –es to make words plural. shoe + s =shoes porch + es = porches box + es =boxes bush + es = bushes blitz + es = blitzes © White Educational Products
Words with a consonant ending plus -y, change the -y to -i and add -es. company – y + i + es = companies Words with a vowel ending plus –y, keep –y and add -s toy + s = toys For proper nouns, keep –y and add -s. Kennedy + s = Kennedys © White Educational Products
• The plain truth is they just need to be memorized. – – – – – child foot goose louse man mouse ox tooth woman © White Educational Products = = = = = children feet geese lice men mice oxen teeth women
Words that end in -ss, -sh, -ch or -x add -es. switch = switches Most nouns ending in f or fe add s. Some change the f to v and add s or es. belief = beliefs half = halves Most nouns ending in o add s. Some add -es. studio = studios cargo = cargoes © White Educational Products
Drop silent e if the ending begins with a vowel. advance + -ing = advancing surprise + -ing = surprising Keep silent e if the ending begins with a consonant advance + ment = advancement like + ness = likeness If a vowel comes before silent e DROP silent e argue + -ment = argument true + -ly = truly © White Educational Products
Doubling final consonant when adding –ed, -ing, or a suffix 1. Single final consonant 2. And follows a single vowel 3. And the suffix begins with a vowel 4. One syllable or is stressed on the last syllable: In the examples the “trol” syllable in control is stressed, while the “en” of enter is stressed. Control enter controlling controlled entering entered © White Educational Products controllable
ADMIT + -ed = ADMITTED 1. ADMIT ends with a consonant 2. Follows a vowel 3. Accented on the last syllable 4. Therefore double the t before adding an -ing or –ed 1. admitting 2. admitted FLAP + -ed = FLAPPED The word FLAP is a one syllable word © White Educational Products
When there are two syllables with the stress on the first syllable, do not double the consonant before. COUNSEL + -ing = COUNSELING When there are two vowels together before the consonant, do not double the consonant. DESPAIR + -ed = DESPAIRED © White Educational Products
Words that end in -c Change the -c to -ck panicking picnicking © White Educational Products
With some verbs ending in -l, -m, and p you can either double the consonant or not. traveling or travelling programing or programming worshiping or worshipping © White Educational Products
Some words have silent letter combinations. You must memorize these patterns. gn, pn, kn= n gnome rh, wr = r rhyme pt, ght = t ptomaine ps, sc = s psalm wh = h whole © White Educational Products pneumonia wrestle height science knife
"When two vowels go walking, the first one does the talking? " team coat wait NOTE: There are plenty of Exceptions!! © White Educational Products
Adding a prefix seldom changes the spelling of a word. misspelled unnecessary dissatisfied disinterested misinform © White Educational Products
Becoming a Master Speller takes a personal commitment and Finding your own method to add this important skill to your writing arsenal. © White Educational Products
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