Spelling Rules

1. Spelling Rules • This slide show contains rules for spelling in English. Although there will always be exceptions to some of these rules, they often work.

2. Spelling Rules i before e . . . achieve, alien, believe, chief, field, friend, priest except afterc . . . ceiling, conceive, deceive, receipt, receive and in words that rhyme with hay … beige, freight, neighbor, vein, weigh

3. Spelling Rules Spelling Rules A finaly changes toi when adding an ending easy becomes easier carry becomes carried hurry become hurries …except when the ending ising carry becomes carrying copy becomes copying hurry becomes hurrying study becomes studying …or when they is preceded by a vowel obey becomes obeyed say becomes saying

4. Spelling Rules Spelling Rules Spelling Rules Spelling Rules when adding suffixes such as these:-ed, -ing, -ism, -ance, -ly, -able, -ous, -ious, -ing Double a final consonant before a suffix when the word is one syllable and the consonant is preceded by a single vowel: stop becomes stopping or stopped admit becomes admitted or admitting control becomes controlled or controlling

5. Spelling Rules Spelling Rules Spelling Rules Spelling Rules Spelling Rules when adding suffixes such as these:-ed, -ing, -ism, -ance, -ly, -able, -ous, -ious, -ing Change the y to i before suffixes except -ing deny becomes denies, denied, deniable BUT denyingmodify becomes modifies, modified, modifier, BUT modifying beautify becomes beautifies, beautified, BUT beautifying try becomes tried, BUT trying

6. Spelling Rules Spelling Rules Spelling Rules Spelling Rules Spelling Rules Spelling Rules when adding suffixes such as these:-ed, -ing, -ism, -ance, -ly, -able, -ous, -ious, -ing Do not drop the final l when adding -ly usual becomes usually real becomes really cool becomes coolly formal becomes formally

7. Spelling Rules Do you know more spelling rules? Please send them HERE to add to the presentation. Thanks a lot! Erlyn Baack