Improving SpellingAlexis A. Fruia

Feb 2-6, 2015

6th Grade English

i before e

Write i before e except after c, or when sounded like a as in neighbor and weigh.

Some exceptions to the Rule: counterfeit, either, financier, foreign, height, heir, leisure, neither, science, seize, sheik, species, their, weird.

Silent e

If a word end with a silent e, drop the e before adding a suffix that begins with a vowel. There are exceptions, for example, knowledgeable, and changeable.

State- stating-statement

Use-using-useful

Like-liking-likeness

Note: You do not drop the e when the suffix begins with a consonant: Exceptions include truly, argument, and ninth.

Words ending in y When y is the last letter in a word and the y coms just after a consonant,

change the y to I before adding any suffix except those beginning with i.

Examples

Fry-fries-frying

Hurry-hurried-hurrying

Lady-ladies

Happy-happiness

Beauty-beautiful

When forming the plural of a word that ends with a y that comes just after a vowel, add s.

Ex: toy-toys play-plays monkey-monkeys

Consonant Ending

When a one-syllable word ends in a consonant (bat) preceded by one vowel (bat), double the final consonant before adding a suffix that begins with a vowel (batting).

sum-summary god-goddess

When a multisyllable word ends in a consonant preceded by one vowel (control), the accent is on the last syllable (contról), and the suffix begins with a vowel (ing)- the same rule hold true: double the final consonant (controlling).

Prefer- preferred begin- beginning