Spelling Rule: Drop the ‘e’ when adding ‘ing’
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persuade – persuading
achieve – achieving
pronounce – pronouncing
receive – receiving
decide - deciding
reconcile – reconciling
improve – improving
announce – announcing
desire – desiring
perspire – perspiring
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Spelling Rule: Words ending with ‘ly’
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magnificently
immediately
monotonously
beautifully
wastefully
separately
accurately
thoroughly
dangerously
fantastically
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Spelling Rule: ‘i’ comes before ‘e’ when the sound is ‘ee’
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believable
unbelievable
mischievous
achievable
retrievable
believing
receipt
receive
receiving
deceitful
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Spelling Rule: Double the final consonant when adding a suffix which begins with a vowel
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omit – omitted
swat – swatted
duel – duelling
fuel – fuelling
worship – worshipped
kidnap – kidnapper
tunnel – tunnelling
prefer – preferred
label – labelling
deter - deterred
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Spelling Rule: Change ‘y’ to ‘i’
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empty – emptier
lonely – loneliness
mystery – mysterious
weary – weariness
vary – variation
clumsy – clumsily
dictionary – dictionaries
wealthy – wealthiest
melody – melodious
multiply – multiplied
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Spelling Rule: Words with silent letters
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ghastly
schedule
knowledge
wrinkled
answer
doubt
guarantee
rhinoceros
rhythm
fascinated
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Spelling Rule: ‘tion’ sounds like ‘shun’
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observation
declaration
destruction
repetition
correction
extinction
rotation
organisation
demonstration
competition
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Spelling Rule: ‘le’ sounds like ‘ul’ or ‘el’
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struggle
article
people
triangle
obstacle
tremble
scribble
miracle
idle
knuckle
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Spelling Rule: ‘ight’ sounds like ‘ite’ or ‘ate’
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lighthouse
nightmare
knight
tighten
blight
slightly
frightened
delightful
eighty
sightseer
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Spelling Rule: ‘ible’ or ‘able’?
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noticeable
manageable
justifiable
understandable
profitable
responsible
edible
permissible
unbelievable
invisible
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Spelling Rule: contractions
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they are ….. they’re
they have ….. they’ve
she will ….. she’ll
there is ….. there’s
should not ….. shouldn’t
does not ….. doesn’t
must not ….. mustn’t
need not ….. needn’t
will not ….. won’t
who is ….. who’s
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Spelling Rule: ‘ough’
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rough
trough
throughout
thorough
bough
thoroughly
thoughtful
although
wrought
drought
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Spelling Rule: soft ‘c’
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necessary
decision
circumference
circular
miscellaneous
fascinate
licence
pronounce
circumstances
tricycle
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Spelling Rule: double consonants
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embarrass
jewellery
accommodation
recommend
aggressive
accuracy
anniversary
occurred
committee
possession
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Spelling Rule: ‘en’ or ‘on’?
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strengthen
lesson
moisten
common
season
python
patron
burden
prison
champion
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Spelling Rule: ‘or’ words
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protractor
generator
incinerator
conqueror
percolator
refrigerator
superior
councillor
navigator
accelerator
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Spelling Rule: soft ‘g’
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engineer
Egyptian
magician
privilege
margarine
illegible
refrigerator
messenger
exaggerate
logical
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Spelling Rule: ‘dis’ words
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distinguished
distressed
disagreement
dissatisfaction
discourteous
disappointment
discontinuous
dissimilarity
discretion
disorganised
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Spelling Rule: ‘ex’
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extremely
exterior
exercise
exterminate
exceptional
extraordinary
excitement
exclaim
exclamation
excursion
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Spelling Rule: ‘aught’
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distraught
draughtier
draughtsman
fraught
haughtiness
laughter
naughtily
onslaught
slaughterhouse
stepdaughter
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Spelling Rule: ‘que’
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bouquet
conqueror
consequently
delinquent
eloquence
equestrian
grotesque
subsequent
technique
unique
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Spelling Rule: ‘sign’
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assignation
consignment
designated
insignia
insignificant
reassigned
resignation
resignedly
significance
significantly
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Spelling Rule: ‘ph’ sounds like ‘f’
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amphibian
apostrophe
hyphen
pharmacy
pheasant
phoenix
physical
prophet
symphony
typhoon
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Spelling Rule: ‘ic’ and ‘cian’
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dietician
obstetrician
paediatrician
statistician
tactician
physician
technician
clinician
mathematician
politician
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Spelling Rule: ‘ure’
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assurance
azure
venture
conjure
acupuncture
agriculture
allure
aperture
architecture
caricature
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Spelling Rule: ‘full’ becomes ‘ful’
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wonderful
spiteful
disgraceful
colourful
scornful
doubtful
bountiful
merciful
fanciful
beautiful
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Spelling Rule: prefixes
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aerodynamic
microscope
bisect
Aquarius
autobiography
audition
transplant
millennium
tricycle
circumference
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