SPELL WELL

1. SPELL WELL Presented By Mary Samuel K.V.Malleswaram Spelling words in English may be tricky.Here are a few rules to help you.

2. I’ll give you a few rules of spelling.That may help you. beginning? belief ? beleif ?

3. When you add full to any word drop the second l! RULE 1 play+ful =playful grace + ful = graceful faith + ful = faithful

4. wonder + full = wonderful faith + full = faithful help + full = helpful hope + full = hopeful cheerful thoughtful painful

5. RULE 2 Double the final consonant when you are adding a suffix that begins with a vowel,to a word that ends with a vowel and a consonant. I don’t understand! h ho ing ng + = begin+ing=begi ing

6. bag + age = baggage run + ing = running skip + ed = skipped drum + er = drummer

7. If the accent does not fall on the last syllable,do not double the last consonant. can-cel + ed =canceled col-our + ing = colouring ben-efit + ed = benefited

8. RULE 3 To make most nouns plural, you just add s .However there are exceptions. Add s to make a word plural if it ends with y and the letter in front of y is a vowel (a, e, i, o, u). turk y turk s y

9. Drop the and addif the letter in front of the final is a consonant. y pup p y ies ies y pupp lad ies la d y

10. + S + ies baby—babies diary—diaries lady—ladies story — stories library — libraries boy+s--boys journey+s --journeys play+s--plays stay+s--stays birthday+s--birthdays

11. RULE 4 i before e Except after c Or when sounding like a As in neighbour and weigh i before e Except after c Or when sounding like a believe

12. i before e chief except after c grief lie tie conceit receipt achieve deceive sounding like a vein eighty sleigh veil

13. caution Some words that break the rule ancient height foreign protein leisure their science society

14. I hope these rules will help you in your spellings.But whenever in doubt refer your dictionary Thank you very much.Now I am off to play. References Checking Your Grammar- Marvin Turban Read Better Write Better-Readers Digest