Spelling Rules

ADDING 'S‘:

ADDING 'ES‘:

ADDING 'ES‘:

ADDING 'S‘:

WORDS ENDING IN 'F' AND 'FE‘:

WORDS ENDING IN 'O‘:

WORDS THAT CHANGE FORM:

WORDS THAT NEVER CHANGE:

MAKING COMPOUND WORDS PLURAL:

FORMING PLURAL EXCEPTIONS:

ADDING 'ED‘:

ADDING 'ES' TO ACTION WORDS:

CHANGING 'Y' TO AN 'I' BEFORE ADDING 'ES‘:

DOUBLING A CONSONANT BEFORE ADDING 'ING‘:

THE MAGIC 'E‘:

ADDING 'ING' TO WORDS ENDING IN DOUBLE CONSONANTS:

ADDING 'ING' TO WORDS ENDING WITH 'IE‘:

ADDING 'LY' TO BASE WORDS:

ADDING 'LY' TO WORDS ENDING IN 'Y‘:

ADDING 'FULL' TO WORDS:

ADDING 'ER' AND 'EST' TO WORDS ENDING WITH A 'Y‘:

ADDING 'ER' AND 'EST' TO WORDS ENDING WITH SHORT VOWELS AND SINGLE CONSONANTS:

ADDING 'Y' TO WORDS ENDING WITH A SHORT VOWEL AND A SINGLE CONSONANT:

ADDING 'Y' TO WORDS ENDING IN DOUBLE CONSONANTS:

ADDING 'Y' TO WORDS ENDING WITH A SILENT 'E‘:

THE APOSTROPHE OF POSSESSION:

THE APOSTROPHE OF POSSESSION WORDS ENDING IN 'S‘:

USING AN APOSTROPHE TO FORM CONTRACTIONS:

'I' BEFORE 'E' EXCEPT AFTER 'C‘:

CAPITAL LETTERS FOR PROPER NOUNS (NAMES AND PLACES):

ADDING PREFIXES TO BASE WORDS:

ADDING NEGATIVE PREFIXES TO BASE WORDS:

JOINING PREFIXES AND ROOTS TO FORM WORDS:

ADDING VOWEL SUFFIXES TO WORDS ENDING IN SILENT 'E‘:

SOFT 'G' AND HARD 'G‘:

SOFT 'C' AND HARD 'C‘:

STARTING WORDS WITH CAPITAL LETTERS:

HOMOPHONES - WORDS THAT SOUND ALIKE:

HOMOGRAPHS : WORDS SPELT THE SAME WITH DIFFERENT MEANINGS:

ABBREVIATIONS - SHORTENED FORMS OF WORDS: