| Spelling |
Example words with link to wordlist |
| Compound words |
airport, bedroom, carport |
| Homographs |
record, content, contest |
| -er endings |
flower, poster, shower |
| -or endings |
actor, cursor, tractor (column 1) |
| -ar endings |
collar, nectar, pillar |
| -a endings |
data, sofa, panda (column 1) |
| a- beginnings |
adore, amaze, aside (column 3) |
| e-beginnings |
elect, emerge, event (column 1) |
| -ing words |
clicking, flashing, wedding |
| Remove -e and add -ing (“long” vowels) |
making, miming, voting |
| Double letter and add -ing |
batting, gripping, hopping |
| Remove -e and add -ing (other vowels and consonant spellings) |
boring, bouncing, bludging |
| -ing nouns |
morning, stuffing, wedding |
| -es plural |
buses, dishes, matches, |
| Third person -es |
kisses, rushes, fetches |
| -f-ves plurals |
leaves, wives, shelves (column 1) |
| NOT -f-ves |
oafs, reefs, cliffs (column 2) |
| Irregular plurals |
sheep, men, feet, mice (1st section) |
| -er comparatives |
bigger, faster, taller (column 1) |
| -est superlatives |
biggest, fastest, tallest (column 2) |
| -en as final syllable |
wooden, rotten, kitten (column 3) |
| -le as final syllable |
bottle, rattle, middle |
| -ful as final syllable |
helpful, thankful, wishful (column 1) |
| -ered ending |
covered, filtered, offered (column 2) |
| -ire and -yre |
fire, lyre, tire, tyre (column 1) |
| -our |
our, flour, sour (column 2) |
| -ure |
cure, pure, endure (column 3) |
| a |
angel, basin, label |
| u |
emu, human, stupid (column 1) |
| u |
fluid, cruel, hula |
| -ture |
picture, nature, future (column 1) |
| -y |
funny, messy, silly |
| -y and -ie |
tie, tied, tying, cry, cries, crying, baby, babies, babyish |
| – y changes to i |
funnier, messiest, sillier (columns 1 and 2) |
| -ey |
donkey, money, valley |
| – ays, eys, oys (-y doesn’t change) |
relays, kidneys, saveloys |
| i |
kiwi, piano, taxi (column 4) |
| -age |
cabbage, savage, village |
| -ow |
elbow, shadow, yellow (column 2) |
| Double letters |
later-latter, Peter-petter, biter-bitter, sloping-slopping, super-supper |
| Words that should have double letters, but don’t |
body, copy, edit |
| r affects two syllables |
boring, cheering, fairy |
| rr |
arrow, berries, carrot |
| -ous |
famous, jealous, nervous |
| -ti |
action, Martian, patient |
| -re |
centre, litre, metre |
| -our |
colour, flavour, labour |
| -ed v/s -ing |
bored, boring, tired, tiring |
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