Spelling rules
For example : "i before e except after c or when it sounds "A". Yes, there are "exceptions to the rule" but not as many as our children are led to believe. In the Resources section of the website yet to be released, an A to Z of phonics will be added to over a period of time with lots of information about the spelling rules, word patterns, phonics, digraphs etc as well as all the "exceptions" that my research has uncovered. SPELLING RULES This is a spelling rule guide that also includes some other helpful information about the use of certain word patterns. Every word and syllable must have a vowel or a y as a vowel. Small sounding vowels : dge, tch, twin consonants, ck and a single consonant at the end of a word, make the preceding vowel a small sound...... ditch bridge stop little. Two different consonants can also make the preceding vowel a small sound but a can make other sounds as well depending on the consonants (refer to a below) ............ handle bunch all task palm
Big Sounding Vowels Bossy e at the end of a word in the pattern VCV (vowel consonant vowel) makes the preceding vowel a Big sound. This is not always the case after v and u though (see rule below) stage stove A vowel often makes a Big sound at the end of a consonant........
ba/con be/fore
q is always followed by his best friend or bodyguard u.... queen quit quite c before e, i or y sounds "s".....cent city fancy g before e, i or y sounds "j"........stage gym giant a can make 6 different sounds depending on the letters it is playing with : ar - sounds "ar" before a consonant....art....but "air" before an e care share or sounds "er" after w........ word worth work English words do not end in an i but have a y.... fly deny f s and z double at the end of a word after a small vowel sound........ business fluff buzz l also doubles at the end of single syllable words but not in multi syllable words.......... full will but instil cancel until e is the busiest letter of the alphabet! At the end of a word it can : sh - is used at the beginning and ending of words but not in the middle except in the word "ship" (exception is bishop) ......... worship warship The "sh" sound in the middle of words is made by ti si ci su ... special nation tension tissue (it can also be made by ch in French words that we use such as chalet champagne chef The letter x never sits next to s. ......... box boxes A good way to work out whether a word has a cks or an x on the end when spelling is to say the word without the "s" sound and see if it is a real word. ay is used for the "A" sound at the end of a word and ai for the middle "A" sound because no English words end in i..........play raid oi is used in the middle of words for the same reason and oy at the end...... voice boy ck is used for the "k" sound after a small vowel except in multi syllable words after i................. slick stack flock ...........mimic panic c is the most common "k" sound and is rarely on its own at the end of words except in zinc disc tarmac talc molusc mosaic prosaic Words that begin with a "z" sound always start with z and not s even though s can sound "z" ........... zoo zest i before e except after c or when it sounds "A"................... thief receive neighbour y (after a consonant) becomes i when adding endings except ing ............ hungrier funniest hurrying marrying e drops off or runs away from words when adding endings beginning with i ........ racing fencing posingbut stays with endings starting with a (able) to keep the c a "s" sound.......... racing posing serviceable and changes to an i when adding endings beginning with an o.......... grace gracious space spacious i and o can make BIG sounds when followed by two different consonants...... old find When all till and full are added to words, the one l drops off........ always also wonderful beautiful until el is often used at the end of words after the letters m n w v r s and c.... camel tunnel vowel travel barrel damsel cancel ey is often used at the end of words after the letters l k and n......... honey valley donkey f often becomes v when forming a plural .......... belief believes life lives wife wives able or ible as endings able is generally added to whole words or words that are recognisable on their own..............taxable affordable. It means "able to be, subject to - or having the quality to". When two vowels go walking, the first usually does the talking and says its name.......... boat fruit glue feet play rain toe
English words do not end in v or u and have to have an e...... have blueNames and foreign words such as spaghetti, do not follow English spelling rules. © Playground Sound |