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Spelling Rules
Spelling Ruless ffor Spellodrome/ Essential Spelling
Questions | Answers |
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'i' before 'e' except after: | 'c' with the sound of 'eeeee' eg. belief, receive |
When adding 'y' to a word ending in 'e' you: | Drop the 'e' before adding the 'y' eg. noise + y = noisy |
When a word ends in an 'e' the 'e' is usually kept when: | A suffix beginning with constant is added eg. noise + less = noiseless |
When a word ends in an 'e' and the 'e' is usually dropped when: | A suffix beginning with a vowel is added eg. love + able = lovable |
The prefixes 'dis-' and 'mis-' never: | beginning with 's' eg. 'dis' + ability = disability, 'dis' + 'satisfied' = disatisfied |