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Spelling Rule 1: ff, ll, ss
Rule: For one syllable words with a short vowel
that end in f, l, or s, double the final f, l, or s.
Examples:
cuff
puff
cliff
mall
doll
swell
loss
chess
grass
Add a double consonant to the proper word.
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ff"
1.  sni________
ff"
2.  sti_________
ff"
3.  pu________
ll"
4.  she_______
ll"
5.  ye________
ss"
6.  fi_________
ss"
7.  mi________
ss"
8.  to________
ss"
9.  gla________
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Here are some words that follow the
ff,ll,ss rule for you to read. Start a
stopwatch and then read as many
words as you can in one minute.
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tell
stuff
sell
dress
bless
drill
spill
scroll
staff
skill
pill
egress
wall
fluff
shell
glass
bluff
skull
dull
yell
puff
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Spelling Rule 2: ld, nd, st
Rule: The vowels i and o in one-syllable words
that end in ld, nd, and st may have a long sound.
That means the vowel says its own name.
Examples:
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hold
scold
fold
gold
child
mild
wild
grind
host
post
most
ghost
find
kind
blind
behold
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Here are some words with the ld, nd, st
rule for you to read. Start a stopwatch
and then read as many words as you
can in one minute.
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child
hold
blind
host
grind
mild
scold
post
bind
most
bold
behold
wild
ghost
cold
fold
mold
find
kind
gold
hind
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Spelling Rule 3:
Rule:
Examples:
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y says /ī/
In some one-syllable words y says /ī/.
ply
dry
sky
sly
shy
why
pry
fly
cry
spry
spy
by
fry
try
my
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Here are some words with the y says /ī/
rule for you to read. Start a stopwatch
and then read as many words as you
can in one minute.
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fry
dry
my
spry
shy
by
cry
fly
pry
sly
spy
why
sky
try
ply
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Spelling Rule 4:
/k/ spelled k and ck
Rule:
1. /k/ can be spelled k or ck.
2. Use ck at the end of a word directly after a
single short vowel.
3. Use k after a consonant, after a longvowel sound, or after two vowels.
Examples:
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back
deck
lack
rock
suck
track
trick
meek
fake
lake
fork
mark
spoke
woke
peek
week
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Here are some words with the /k/
spelled k and ck rule for you to read.
Start a stopwatch and then read as
many words as you can in one minute.
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back
sleek
fake
flick
Greek
choke
deck
tuck
truck
sack
meek
stroke
suck
track
trick
neck
rock
sink
week
luck
duck
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Spelling Rule 5:
/ch/ spelled ch and tch
1. /ch/ can be spelled ch or tch.
Rule:
2. Use tch at the end of a word directly after a
single short vowel.
3. Use ch at the beginning of a word,
or at the end of a word after a
consonant, or after two vowels.
Examples:
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arch
beech
batch
hatch
inch
bunch
catch
latch
much
gulch
ditch
notch
rich
lunch
fetch
channel
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Here are some words with the ch and
tch rule for you to read. Start a
stopwatch and then read as many
words as you can in one minute.
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batch
roach
each
catch
touch
much
hatch
starch
match
latch
swatch
grouch
finch
punch
pitch
such
mulch
pooch
patch
watch
starch
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Spelling Rule 6:
/j/ spelled ge and dge
Rule:
1. /j/ can be spelled ge or dge.
2. Use dge at the end of a word
directly after a single short vowel.
3. Use ge after a consonant or after
a long vowel sound.
Examples:
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hinge
ledge
huge
dodge
fudge
bulge
hedge
ridge
purge
rage
wage
cage
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Here are some words with the ge, dge
rule for you to read. Start a stopwatch
and then read as many words as you
can in one minute.
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edge
gorge
badge
verge
bridge
stage
dodge
range
fudge
purge
hedge
large
judge
merge
lodge
forge
nudge
bulge
ridge
wage
wedge
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Spelling Rule 7:
/ij/ -- spelled age
Rule: /ij/ at the end of a word is spelled age.
Examples:
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cage
wage
sage
page
stage
manage
rage
image
dosage
damage
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Here are some words using the age rule
for you to read. Start a stopwatch and
then read as many words as you can in
one minute.
cage
rage
sage
image
damage
dosage
engage
garage
manage
voyage
bandage
bondage
cottage
cartilage
birdcage
language
mortgage
shortage
underage
wreckage
savage
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Spelling Rule 8:
/ou/--spelled ou and ow
Rule:
Use ou at the beginning or in the
middle of a word unless the /ou/ sound is
followed by a single n, l, er, or el; then use
ow.
Examples:
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flour
clown
power
shout
brown
tower
vowel
growl
towel
down
flower
ground
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Here are some words using the ou, ow
rule for you to read. Start a stopwatch
and then read as many words as you
can in one minute.
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cloud
four
found
noun
mound
ouch
scout
pouch
spout
trout
allow
clown
towel
frown
chow
rowdy
glow
drown
plow
vowel
town
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Spelling Rule 9:
/ô/--spelled au and aw
Rule:
Use au at the beginning or in the
middle of a word unless the /ô/ sound is
followed by a single n, l, er, or el; then use
aw.
Examples:
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dawn
sauce
hawk
fault
sauna
prawn
fraud
haul
yawn
pause
crawl
claw
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Here are some words using the au, aw
rule for you to read. Start a stopwatch
and then read as many words as you
can in one minute.
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straw
crawl
jaw
raw
dawn
flaws
auto
law
prawn
audit
fault
squaw
lawn
slaw
fraud
sauce
cause
saw
pause
maul
shawl
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Spelling Rule 10:
Rule:
Plural
1. Plural means “more than one.”
2. Words are made plural by adding s or es to singular words.
3. Add s to regular plurals.
4. Add es to words ending in –ch, -s, -sh, -x, -y, -z.
5. If the -ch ending is pronounced with a k then add –s.
6. Some words ending in -f or -fe change to –ves.
7. If the word ends in a vowel -a,e,i,o,u, + y then just add -s.
8. If the word ends in a consonant + y then it changes to –ies.
9. You can either add an -s or -es to words ending in -o or
sometimes they're spelled either way.
10. There are some words that are the same in the plural as in
the singular.
Examples:
file/files
life/lives
memory/memories
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box/boxes
wife/wives
video/videos
stomach/stomachs
baby/babies
sheep/sheep
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Here are some plural words for you to
read. Start a stopwatch and then read
as many words as you can in one
minute.
file/files
deer/deer
stereo/stereos
tray/trays
body/bodies
journey/journeys
life/lives
glass/glasses
girl/girls
wash/washes
key/keys
baby/babies
shelf/shelves
radio/radios
fish/fish
wife/wives
box/boxes
book/books
cod/cod
video/videos
scissors/scissors
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Spelling Rule 11: Homonyms
Rule:
A homonym is a word that sounds the
same as another word or words but has a
different meaning and is spelled differently.
There are over 400 homonyms in the English
language.
Examples:
be-bee
pear-pair
hair-hare
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knew-new
mail-main
made-maid
one-won
toe-tow
so-sew
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Here are some homonyms words for
you to read. Start a stopwatch and then
read as many words as you can in one
minute.
aid-aide
affect-effect
ate-eight
bolder-boulder
die-dye
fair-fare
heal-heel
higher-hire
hours-ours
knight-night
lead-led
loan-lone
miner-minor
pair-pare
patients-patience
plain-plane
poor-pour
principal-principle
quarts-quartz
right-write
sole-soul
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Spelling Rule 12:
Homonyms—Two, To, Too
Rule:
A homonym is a word that sounds the
same as another word or words but has a
different meaning and is spelled differently.
The homonyms two, to, and too are important.
Definitions: two:
to:
too:
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a number
a direction, towards
in addition, also
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Spelling Rule 13:
Homonyms—There, Their, They’re
Rule: A homonym is a word that sounds
the same as another word or words but
has a different meaning and is spelled
differently.
The homonyms there, their, and they’re
are important.
Definitions:
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there:
a place
their:
belonging to them (more
than one person)
they’re:
contraction for they are
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Spelling Rule 14:
Contractions
Rule:
A contraction is a word made
from a verb and another word. An
apostrophe takes the place of any
letters that are left out. A contraction
can be made by joining a verb and the
word “not,” a word and the verb “is,” and
a pronoun and a verb. Although there are
nearly
one
hundred
different
contractions, you will learn many of the
commonly used ones here.
Examples:
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aren’t
isn’t
who’ll
can’t
that’s
who’s
hasn’t
they’ll
won’t
he’ll
we’d
you’ve
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Here are some contractions for you to
read. Start a stopwatch and then read
as many words as you can in one
minute.
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wouldn’t
who’s
can’t
that’s
I’d
they’d
didn’t
won’t
there’s
we’ll
you’ve
aren’t
weren’t
they’re
you’ll
couldn’t
wasn’t
here’s
he’s
she’ll
isn’t
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Spelling Rule 15:
Doubling Rule (1-1-1 Rule)
Rule: If a one-syllable word ends in one
consonant with one vowel before it, double the
final consonant of the word when you add a suffix
that begins with a vowel.
Do not double the final consonant if the suffix
begins with a consonant.
Never double the letters w, x, and y.
Examples:
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mad + est
mad + er
mad + ly
mad + ness
snow + ing
box + ing
play + er
maddest
madder
madly
madness
snowing
boxing
player
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Here are some words that use the
doubling rule for you to read. Start a
stopwatch and then read as many
words as you can in one minute.
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stopped
digging
illness
rubbed
stopped
hoping
sitting
witness
grinned
foggy
badly
shipping
joyful
sadly
planned
wrapping
scrubbing
tripped
swimming
spotted
running
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Spelling Rule 16: ie, ei Rule
Rule:
“Use i before e except after c, unless
sounding like a as in neighbor or weigh.”
When it sounds like /ē/, it is usually ie, but
sometimes it is ei.
The /ē/ sound on the end of a word is usually
spelled with y, but it can be ie.
There are many exceptions.
Examples:
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field
belief
receipt
brief
calorie
shield
cashier
pierce
nightie
prairie
wield
ceiling
movie
rookie
deceive
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Here are some words using the ie, ei
rule for you to read. Start a stopwatch
and then read as many words as you
can in one minute.
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weird
hygiene
deceive
diesel
piece
retrieve
niece
beige
sleigh
siege
yield
shriek
freight
achieve
neighbor
priest
ceiling
receipt
receive
conceive
deceit
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Spelling Rule 17:
/ôt/--spelled aught and ought
Rule:
Examples:
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The /ôt/ sound is spelled
aught or ought.
taught
naughty
slaughter
naught
sought
brought
bought
caught
daughter
haughty
ought
drought
thought
fought
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Here are some words with the aught
and ought rule for you to read. Start a
stopwatch and then read as many
words as you can in one minute.
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slaughter
daughter
haughty
naughty
caught
naught
taught
brought
drought
thought
bought
fought
ought
sought
naught
thought
fraught
wrought
waught
aught
taught
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Spelling Rule 18:
Silent-e Rules
Rule:
1. When a word ends in silent-e, drop
the e when adding a suffix that begins
with a vowel.
2. When a word ends in silent-e, keep
the e when adding a suffix that begins
with a consonant.
Examples:
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hiking
hoping
blaming
likely
driving
liking
dining
shiny
safely
hopeful
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Here are some words with the silent-e
rule for you to read. Start a stopwatch
and then read as many words as you
can in one minute.
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hiking
liking
hoping
dining
blaming
shiny
joking
hopeful
likely
safely
driving
used
useful
skater
dated
spoken
baking
barely
hoping
abiding
carefully
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