VOCATIONAL P REPARATION D EPARTMENT

Spelling Patterns and Rules

Published by Adelaide City Campus Written by Gill Jacka

Spelling Patterns and Rules

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Jacka, Gill Spelling patterns and rules / developed by the TAFE SA Vocational Preparation Program, Adelaide City Campus in collaboration with ESP Production House ; author, Gill Jacka. Adelaide, S. Aust. : DFEEST, 2007. 82 p. ; 30 cm. ISBN 9781865069364 ISBN 1 8650 69361 1. 2. 3. I. II. III. Language and languagesOrthography and spellingSouth Australia English languageStudy and teachingSouth Australia Adult educationSouth Australia TAFE SA. Vocational Preparation Program. South Australia. ESP Production House Title

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Contents
INTRODUCTION PART ONE
Stresses Syllables Vowels Prefixes and Suffixes Base Word Word Family Do You Remember?

1 3
3 4 5 6 7 8 9

PART TWO
Word Family: Silent Letters Do You Remember?

11
14 15

PART THREE
The one-one-one rule Alphabetical order Word Family Do You Remember?

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17 19 20 21

PART FOUR
The two-one-one rule Word Family Do You Remember?

23
23 27 28

PART FIVE
Do You Remember? Word Family

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29 33 35 35 38 39 41 41 42 44 45

PART SIX
Adding Endings (Suffixes) To Words Which End With Y Word Family Do You Remember?

PART SEVEN
I Before E, Except After C (When The Sound Is Ee) How To Check For Spelling Errors Word Family Do You Remember?

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PART EIGHT
Word Building Do You Remember? Plurals Word Family

47 47 48 50 52 53 53 58 64 67 67 69 71 71 72 73 74 75 77 78 79 80

PART NINE
How To Improve Your Spelling Do You Remember? Do You Remember?

PART TEN
Spelling Rules Summary Remember

ANSWERS
PART 1 PART 2 PART 3 PART 4 PART 5 PART 6 PART 7 PART 8 PART 9

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IntRoDUCtIon
Spelling: Patterns and Rules contains the following: The most common and reliable rules of English spelling. Many exercises to enable familiarisation with the spelling rules and patterns. Revision exercises at the end of each unit. Students are referred to the appropriate part of the course if assistance is required. A word family study in each unit. A revision section for the first half of the course, and a final revision of the whole course. Advice to students on - how to check for errors. - how to improve at spelling. Answers to all exercises. A summary of all rules.

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PARt one

stresses
A stress indicates a part of a word which is pronounced more loudly than others. A stroke () at the end of a part of a word shows that this part should be stressed (said a bit louder than the other parts). Examples Im portant, regu lar, police

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Place the stress sign after the part of the word which is pronounced more loudly than the rest. big gest pi a no ap ply pre fer ence com fort able re fuse ap plication o bey ap point ment pre fer quiet pen cil dis re spect ful

syllables
The words have been broken up into sound-parts or syllables. There are many different ways to decide how to separate the parts of words. When spelling, the best way is to say the word slowly to yourself, and count the number of times your mouth/tongue moves. Each movement will be for a different spelling part of the word Examples 1. 2. 3. 4. One mouth movement/spelling syllable: (cat, foot, speak, time). Two mouth movements/spelling syllables: (butter, helpful, because, window). Three mouth movements: (important, unhappy, forgotten). Four mouth movements: (unimportant, unhappiness).

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In brackets after each word, write the number of mouth movements/spelling syllables which it contains: water ( west ( ) ) ) ) powerful ( ) )

unfortunately ( violin ( )

consider ( December ( found ( )

advertisement ( dissatisfaction (

) )

Vowels
Vowels are the letters: a, e, i, o, u. The rest of the letters of the alphabet are called CONSONANTS. These 5 letters can have a long or short sound. Short Vowel Sound mat pet bit hop cut Long Vowel Sound mate* Pete bite hope cute

* By adding an e to the end of the words in the first column, the s__________ vowel sound changes to the l____________ vowel sound.

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