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Be a Master Speller: Follow the Rules
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English spelling can be frustrating for native speakers, and especially for non-native 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.
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• 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
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• 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.
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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
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Written by J.Nogowski
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words that make the “a” sound beige, freight, neighbor, sleigh, vein, weight, and weigh
Exceptions that do not have a patterneither, feint, foreign, forfeit, height, leisure, neither, seize, weird
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Change y to i when adding an ending
supply supplies supplied supplying
worry worries worried worrying
merry merrier
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When –ing is added, keep y.
When a vowel comes before the y , keep y
cry crying cries cried
study studying studies studied
obey obeyed obeying obeys obeyer
say said saying says sayer
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Add -s or –es to make words plural.
shoe + s =shoesporch + es = porches
box + es =boxesbush + es = bushesblitz + es = blitzes
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For proper nouns, keep –y and add -s.
Kennedy + s = Kennedys
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
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• The plain truth is they just need to be memorized.– child = children– foot = feet– goose = geese– louse = lice– man = men– mouse = mice– ox = oxen– tooth = teeth– woman = women
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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
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Drop silent e if the ending begins with a vowel.
advance + -ing = advancingsurprise + -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 eargue + -ment = argument
true + -ly = truly
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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.
Doubling final consonant when adding –ed, -ing, or a suffix
Control controlling controlled controllable
enter entering entered
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ADMIT + -ed = ADMITTED
1. ADMIT ends with a consonant2. Follows a vowel3. Accented on the last syllable 4. Therefore double the t before adding an -ing or –ed
1. admitting2. admitted
FLAP + -ed = FLAPPED
The word FLAP is a one syllable word
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COUNSEL + -ing = COUNSELING
When there are two syllables with the stress on the first syllable, do not double the consonant before.
DESPAIR + -ed = DESPAIRED
When there are two vowels together before the consonant, do not double the consonant.
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Change the -c to -ck panic panickingpicnic picnicking
Words that end in -c
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With some verbs ending in -l, -m, and pyou can either double the consonant ornot.
travel traveling or travelling
program programing or programming
worship worshiping or worshipping
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Some words have silent letter combinations. Youmust memorize these patterns.
gn, pn, kn= ngnome pneumonia knife
rh, wr = rrhyme wrestle
pt, ght = tptomaine height
ps, sc = spsalm science
wh = hwhole
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"When two vowels go walking, the first
one does the talking?"
team
coat
wait
NOTE: There are plenty of Exceptions!!
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Adding a prefix seldom changes the
spelling of a word.
misspelledunnecessarydissatisfied
disinterestedmisinform
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Becoming a Master Speller takes a personal commitment
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Finding your own method to add this important skill to your writing arsenal.