Spelling Patterns

1. Spelling Patterns Doubling Consonants Homophones Plurals Soft “C” Prefixes Suffix “IE” or “EI” Drop silent “E” Spelling Websites “Y” to “I”

2. Plurals With plurals such as “witches” Use your ears to bring success . For if the ending sounds like “iz”. You spell it with E-S If there’s a “fff” at the end of a word, don’t let yourself get in a mess. When Making the plural just follow the rule change F to V and add E-S Consonant then Y is tough. Adding S is not enough. Here’s the rule that works The best; change Y to I and add E-S Words that end in O must be handled rather carefully. The usual rule (well more or less) to make the plural add E-S However, this rule does not always apply (don’t ask me why) with pianos, videos And so on – you simply add the S alone

3. How to know whether “c” is hard or soft When a “C” sounds soft like “ess” thee isn’t any doubt about it – It comes before “E, I or Y”. It’s never heard without it! When “kuh” is what the “C” sounds like, the rule hardly needs telling Because “”kuh” is how the “C” will sound with any other spelling.

4. Homophones Words with different meanings sometimes sound the same – They’re, Their and There – Too, To and Two are doing my brain in! You have to pay attention to the context they are seen in. Then, if you Get the seplling right you’ll always know the meaning.

5. How to know when to dropsilent “e” when adding an ending Take a word that ends in “E” and try to add an ending. The letter With which the ending starts, gives the rule that saves the day. If it Is a vowel, the silent “E” goes tif a consonant it stays

6. How to decide whether it’s“ie” or “ei” “I” before “E” except after “C” when the sound is “eee” “C” then “EI” – reach for the ceiling – it’s as easy as pie!

7. How to know when to change“y” to “i” Consonant then “Y” is tough. Adding “ED” is not enough. Solve the problem Brilliantly, change “Y” to “I” and add “ED” (past tense endings) Consonant then “Y” is tough. Adding “S” is not enough. Here is the rule that works the best, change “Y” to “I” and add “ES” (plural endings)

8. Double a consonant or not? Just one consonant makes the vowel long (that’s why we’re “HOPING” you’ll learn from this page. Doubling the consonant shortens the vowel (you’ll be HOPPING Mad if you get it wrong now.

9. Suffixes A suffix is an ending that is added to a word to make a new word: Play, player, playing Then spelling of some words changes when a suffix is added. With One –syllable words ending in a consonant after a vowel, we double The final consonant before adding a suffix that begins with a vowel: Run, running, skip, skipping With words ending in silent “e”, we drop the “e” before adding a suffix begins with a vowel: move, moving If the suffix begins with a consonant, we keep the “e”: move, movement When adding a suffix, never allow two “es” to come together. Drop one Of them

10. Prefixes Don’t get your prefix and suffix mixed up – just remember that you put Prefixes at the start of words. The root word is what the words that makes sense on its own: Social – root word anti – prefix antisocial Behave – root word mis – prefix misbehave

11. Websites to support spelling http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/spellits/ http://www.learninggamesforkids.com/spelling_games.html http://www.crickweb.co.uk/ks2literacy.html http://www.ictgames.com/literacy.html http://www.ictgames.com/lcwc.html http://www.funenglishgames.com/spellinggames.html http://www.spellingbeethegame.com/