Word Study


Go to Spelling City each week to study your spelling words.  Just click the banner below to open the site. 
  1. Click the "Find a List" tab.
  2. Search for Ella Frazier.
  3. Choose a list.
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Practice your spelling patterns while completing challenges at . . .
 

1.  When a word ends in a consonant preceded by one vowel, double the final consonant.

Example Words:  running, stopped, sitting

 

2.  If a word ends with a silent “e”, drop the “e” before adding a suffix that begins with a vowel.

Example Words:  baking, loved, biting

 

3.  Do not drop the silent “e” at the end of a word when the suffix begins with a consonant.

Example Words:  likeness, careful, timeless

 

4.  Write "i" before "e" except after "c", or when sounding like "a" as in neighbor and weigh.

Example Words:  receive, believe, sleigh

 

5.  When "y" is the last letter in word and the "y" is preceded by a consonant, change the "y" to "i" before adding a suffix.

Example Words:  ladies, cities, likeliness

 

6.  When forming the plural of a word that ends with a "y" this preceded by a vowel, add "s".

Example words:  keys, days

 

7.  To make nouns ending with "o" plural, add "es"

Example words:  potatoes, tomatoes