Spelling Rule 1: ff, ll, ss · 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

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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Add a double consonant to the proper word.

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2.  sti_________

3.  pu________

4.  she_______

5.  ye________

6.  fi_________

7.  mi________

8.  to________

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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


The homonyms two, to, and too are important.

Definitions: two: a number to: a direction, towards too: in addition, also


Spelling Rule 13: Homonyms—There, Their, They’re


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


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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Spelling Rule 1: ff, ll, ss · 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