relies, relied, relying
tidies, tidied, tidying
applies, applied, applying
pities, pitied, pitying
buries, buried, burying
hurries, hurried, hurrying
fixes, fixed, fixing
rushes, rushed, rushing
fizzes, fizzed, fizzing
wishes, wished, wishing
Spelling toolkit for verbs with regular endings (ed, ing, s)
◆ For most verbs you just have to add the ed, ing, s ending without changing the spelling of the
original word. (play becomes played or playing)
◆However, for words which end in a consonant (letters which aren’t vowels) followed by ‘y’ you must
change the ‘y’ into an ‘i’ and add either es or ed (marry becomes marries or married). However, when
you wish to add ing to a word, you keep the y and just add ing; this avoids having a double i in your
word (marry becomes marrying).
◆For words ending in a hissing/buzzing sound (touch, hiss, buzz) you must add an extra e before
adding s (touch becomes touches). You do not need to add/subtract any letters when adding ing or
ed to these words that end in a hissing/buzzing sound (touch becomes touching or touched).
relies, relied, relying
tidies, tidied, tidying
applies, applied, applying
pities, pitied, pitying
buries, buried, burying
hurries, hurried, hurrying
fixes, fixed, fixing
rushes, rushed, rushing
fizzes, fizzed, fizzing
wishes, wished, wishing
Spelling toolkit for verbs with regular endings (ed, ing, s)
◆ For most verbs you just have to add the ed, ing, s ending without changing the spelling of the
original word. (play becomes played or playing)
◆However, for words which end in a consonant (letters which aren’t vowels) followed by ‘y’ you must
change the ‘y’ into an ‘i’ and add either es or ed (marry becomes marries or married). However, when
you wish to add ing to a word, you keep the y and just add ing; this avoids having a double i in your
word (marry becomes marrying).
◆For words ending in a hissing/buzzing sound (touch, hiss, buzz) you must add an extra e before
adding s (touch becomes touches). You do not need to add/subtract any letters when adding ing or
ed to these words that end in a hissing/buzzing sound (touch becomes touching or touched).
anacondas
corgis
haikus
patios
siestas
yoyos
areas
cuckoos
igloos
pianos
skis
Zulus
Spelling toolkit for words ending in vowels other than e
◆ Nouns ending in o usually become plural (more than one) by adding s to the end,
however there are some words that do not follow this pattern.
◆ Most of these words have come from other languages, so they may not follow the
same rules as other words in the English language.
anacondas
corgis
haikus
patios
siestas
yoyos
areas
cuckoos
igloos
pianos
skis
Zulus
Spelling toolkit for words ending in vowels other than e
◆ Nouns ending in o usually become plural (more than one) by adding s to the end,
however there are some words that do not follow this pattern.
◆ Most of these words have come from other languages, so they may not follow the
same rules as other words in the English language.
anacondas
corgis
haikus
patios
siestas
yoyos
areas
cuckoos
igloos
pianos
skis
Zulus
Spelling toolkit for words ending in vowels other than e
◆ Nouns ending in o usually become plural (more than one) by adding s to the end,
however there are some words that do not follow this pattern.
◆ Most of these words have come from other languages, so they may not follow the
same rules as other words in the English language.
bicycle
binoculars
aeroplane
aerodynamic
supernatural
superpower
supernova
microscope
microphone
transport
transplant
transaction
Spelling toolkit for words which have the same prefix
◆ The prefix, such as ‘aero’ or ‘trans’, appears at the beginning of lots of words in
the English language, however its spelling does not change.
◆ If you can already spell the prefix, then you should have a shorter word left to
spell with the remaining letters. For example, if you know how to spell the prefix
‘micro’, and you wish to spell ‘microphone’ then all you need to spell is the word
‘phone’.
bicycle
binoculars
aeroplane
aerodynamic
supernatural
superpower
supernova
microscope
microphone
transport
transplant
transaction
Spelling toolkit for words which have the same prefix
◆ The prefix, such as ‘aero’ or ‘trans’, appears at the beginning of lots of words in
the English language, however its spelling does not change.
◆ If you can already spell the prefix, then you should have a shorter word left to
spell with the remaining letters. For example, if you know how to spell the prefix
‘micro’, and you wish to spell ‘microphone’ then all you need to spell is the word
‘phone’.
bicycle
binoculars
aeroplane
aerodynamic
supernatural
superpower
supernova
microscope
microphone
transport
transplant
transaction
Spelling toolkit for words which have the same prefix
◆ The prefix, such as ‘aero’ or ‘trans’, appears at the beginning of lots of words in
the English language, however its spelling does not change.
◆ If you can already spell the prefix, then you should have a shorter word left to
spell with the remaining letters. For example, if you know how to spell the prefix
‘micro’, and you wish to spell ‘microphone’ then all you need to spell is the word
‘phone’.