Categories: All - prefixes - suffixes - plurals - patterns

by steve kirkpatrick 12 years ago

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Kings Road Spelling Rules

The text provides a comprehensive guide to English spelling conventions, focusing on various themes such as doubling letters, prefixes, silent letters, and specific letter patterns.

Kings Road Spelling Rules

Spellings

Silent Letters

Double Letters

mm
ss
ll
pp

Soft 'c'

Plurals

Odd ones
chimneys
donkeys
monkeys
Add 'es'
circuses
dresses
princesses
Add 's'
pencils
schools
lights
Drop 'y' add -ies
ponies
families
Stories
Drop f add -ves
wolves
knives
elves

Compound Words

cannonball
waterfall
caveman
football

Rules

" i before e except after c "

Prefixes

oct
heli
il-
tri
bi
re-
dis
un-
im-
under-
over-
tele-
extra-
extravagant
extraordinary
extravaganza
ex-

Suffixes

-ful
-ing
-ment
-ible
-able
-ance
-ence
-ship
-ness
-less
-ed

Letter Patterns

ure
ious
ous
spr
str
ery
ary
ory
gory
story
dge
ledge
hedge
pledge
ion
mention
ration
station
sion
poision
decision
precision
ough
plough
tough
ought
nought
fought
aught
saught
taught