writing
written
hoping
hopping
swallow
common
pepper
willow
scuffle
sudden
otter
hippo
Spelling toolkit for words containing double consonants
◆ Double the letter after a short vowel in the middle of words, for example in the
word ‘tap’ the a is a short vowel sound, so ‘tap’ becomes ‘tapping’. Notice that the last
consonant is doubled.
◆ No words use hh, jj, kk, qq, vv, ww, xx
writing
written
hoping
hopping
swallow
common
pepper
willow
scuffle
sudden
otter
hippo
Spelling toolkit for words containing double consonants
◆ Double the letter after a short vowel in the middle of words, for example in the
word ‘tap’ the a is a short vowel sound, so ‘tap’ becomes ‘tapping’. Notice that the last
consonant is doubled.
◆ No words use hh, jj, kk, qq, vv, ww, xx
writing
written
hoping
hopping
swallow
common
pepper
willow
scuffle
sudden
otter
hippo
Spelling toolkit for words containing double consonants
◆ Double the letter after a short vowel in the middle of words, for example in the
word ‘tap’ the a is a short vowel sound, so ‘tap’ becomes ‘tapping’. Notice that the last
consonant is doubled.
◆ No words use hh, jj, kk, qq, vv, ww, xx
churches
babies
words
lorries
meals
jellies
boxes
buses
hisses
dogs
parties
tries
Spelling toolkit for turning regular words into their plural (more than one) form
◆ For most words you just add s on the end, e.g. house becomes houses.
◆ For words ending in s, sh or ch, you add es, e.g. patch becomes patches
◆ For words ending in a y following a consonant (letters that aren’t vowels), you remove the
y and add ies, e.g. city becomes cities. If the y follows a vowel (A,E,I,O,U) then just add s,
e.g. toy becomes toys, and not toyies.
churches
babies
words
lorries
meals
jellies
boxes
buses
hisses
dogs
parties
tries
Spelling toolkit for turning regular words into their plural (more than one) form
◆ For most words you just add s on the end, e.g. house becomes houses.
◆ For words ending in s, sh or ch, you add es, e.g. patch becomes patches
◆ For words ending in a y following a consonant (letters that aren’t vowels), you remove the
y and add ies, e.g. city becomes cities. If the y follows a vowel (A,E,I,O,U) then just add s,
e.g. toy becomes toys, and not toyies.
churches
babies
words
lorries
meals
jellies
boxes
buses
hisses
dogs
parties
tries
Spelling toolkit for turning regular words into their plural (more than one) form
◆ For most words you just add s on the end, e.g. house becomes houses.
◆ For words ending in s, sh or ch, you add es, e.g. patch becomes patches
◆ For words ending in a y following a consonant (letters that aren’t vowels), you remove the
y and add ies, e.g. city becomes cities. If the y follows a vowel (A,E,I,O,U) then just add s,
e.g. toy becomes toys, and not toyies.
incapable
incomprehensible
irrational
irresistible
impractical
immature
illegible
illogical
propeller
propose
sustain
suspense
Spelling toolkit for words which have the same prefix
◆ in means ‘not’.
◆ ir means ‘not’ – add to the beginning of words beginning with r, thus producing double r. Note
several exceptions, however, e.g. unreasonable.
◆ il means ‘not’ – add to beginning of words beginning with l, thus producing double l. Note several
exceptions, however, e.g. dislike, unload.
◆ im means ‘not’ – add to the beginning of words beginning with m and p. Note several exceptions,
however, e.g. unmade, displease.
◆ sus – a version of sub meaning ‘under’, but the meaning has drifted from being ‘under the
spotlight’ in suspect to being ‘held up’ in suspend.
◆ pro means ‘ahead’.
◆ Note the double letters created when the prefix is added to words beginning with the same
letter.
incapable
incomprehensible
irrational
irresistible
impractical
immature
illegible
illogical
propeller
propose
sustain
suspense
Spelling toolkit for words which have the same prefix
◆ in means ‘not’.
◆ ir means ‘not’ – add to the beginning of words beginning with r, thus producing double r. Note
several exceptions, however, e.g. unreasonable.
◆ il means ‘not’ – add to beginning of words beginning with l, thus producing double l. Note several
exceptions, however, e.g. dislike, unload.
◆ im means ‘not’ – add to the beginning of words beginning with m and p. Note several exceptions,
however, e.g. unmade, displease.
◆ sus – a version of sub meaning ‘under’, but the meaning has drifted from being ‘under the
spotlight’ in suspect to being ‘held up’ in suspend.
◆ pro means ‘ahead’.
◆ Note the double letters created when the prefix is added to words beginning with the same
letter.