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Spelling made easy for both British and American English
courses
Beginning with easy word lists and progressing in
difficulty, this is the only spelling book that students,
whether native speakers or second-language learners,
will ever need.
Also helpful for those with learning difficulties
such as dyslexia
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Which is easier and quicker?
1) Learning a random selection of words with no rhyme
Example docile – foundation – fruit – head – mention –
possession – window
or
2) Learning a group of words with the same endings and
sounds
Example
nine words with ending each
beach – each – leach – peach – reach – teach
bleach – breach – preach
or
Example
thirteen words with ending ssion
obsession – session
procession – recession
compression – depression – expression – impression
confession – profession
digression – progression – transgression
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More useful information
How to find words by the ending or suffix
tion is under Tt
sion is under Ss
ade is under Aa
ous is under Oo
ude is under Uu
Each section is accompanied with two
sentences for consolidation, except when
only a few words are rhyming
5. Technical Analysis
Building words from the short way of saying the alphabet
Example 1: dog
If you pronounce ‘dog’ using the short way of saying the alphabet, you
will say
d–o–g
This is the correct pronunciation
If you pronounce ‘dog’ using the long way of saying the alphabet, you will say
dee–oh–gee
This is not the correct pronunciation
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Building words from a combination of the
short and long
way of saying the alphabet
Example 1: volcano
short v short o short l short c long a short n long o
Example 2 : radio
short r long a short d short i long o
Example 3: stadium
short s short t long a short d short i short u shortm
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vowel sounds
ai – ea – ee – oa – oi – oo – ou
consonant and vowel sounds
ay – ing – or – ow – oy
blending sounds
ch – sh – th – ck
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more blending sounds
bl – cl – fl – gl – pl – sl
sp – spl
br – cr – dr – fr – gr – pr – tr
scr – shr – spr – str – thr
ct – ft – pt – st
sw – tw
qu {kw} – squ – wh
sc – sk – sn
lp – mp
ld – nd – ng – nk – nt
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Example 1
ide
Same rhyming endings for quick learning
tide – wide
glide – slide
bride – pride – stride
abide – aside – astride
chide – guide
subside – bedside
preside – reside
collide – confide – decide – deride – divide
Make a sentence
1) I reside in the inner London District.
2) The bride looked amazing in her silk gown.
10. Example 2
Same rhyming endings for quick learning
al
focal - local and vocal
conical - ironical
practical - tactical
topical - tropical
sandal - scandal - vandal
medal - pedal
bridal and tidal
Make a sentence
1) It is practical to wear sandals to the beach.
2) The vandal was a local man, who had already been in prison.
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Example 3
In the following, short vowels become long vowels, when an e is
added to the end of the word and the e is silent.
short vowels a - e - i - o - u
change to
long vowels a - e - i - o - u
when e is added.
This makes another word.
short a in hat to long a in hate
Same rhyming endings for quick learning
bat - bate --- fat - fate --- hat - hate --- mat – mate
rat - rate --- slat – slate
bit - bite --- kit - kite --- quit - quite --- sit - site --- spit - spite --- unit - unite
--- silent w in writ - write
cot - cote --- dot - dote --- not - note --- rot - rote --- tot - tote
12. Example 4
Same rhyming endings for quick learning
age
carriage - marriage
linkage - shrinkage
mm in rummage and scrummage
ll in pillage and village
image - pilgrimage
borage - forage
courage - encourage
beverage - leverage
peerage - steerage
envisage - visage
advantage - vantage
cottage - wattage
ravage - savage
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14. ance
pp in appliance - compliance
ll in alliance - reliance
balance - valance
pp in appearance - clearance
resistance - ss in assistance
distance - instance
ence
deference - preference - reference
nn in innocence - licence
confidence - ff in diffidence - evidence
impudence - prudence
coincidence - incidence - residence
emergence - negligence
audience - obedience
experience - lenience
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Same rhyming endings for quick learning
Examples 9, 10
15. cial {shul}
facial - glacial - racial
artificial - beneficial - superficial
ff in official - sacrificial
especial - special
financial - provincial
o { sound oo}
Same rhyming endings for quick learning
ado - do - to
ss in lasso - two {to}
approve - move - prove
loser - mover
tomb - womb
who - whom
lose - whose
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Same rhyming endings for quick learning
Examples 11, 12
16. k not ck
bank - dank - lank - rank - sank - tank - yank
forsaken - taken - waken
bake - cake - lake - make - rake - take - wake
brake - crake
flake - quake
forsake - mistake
broken - token - woken
elk - whelk
folk - yolk
hawk - squawk
lurk - Turk
bulk - hulk - sulk
dyke - tyke
dork - cork - fork
embark - disembark
benchmark - birthmark - bookmark
demark - Denmark - earmark - hallmark - landmark - postmark -
trademark
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Same rhyming endings for quick learning
Examples 13, 14
17. ar
dear - ear - hear - gear - fear - near
rear - sear - tear - year
drear - shear - smear - spear
briar - friar - liar
boar - hoar - oar - roar - soar
molar - polar - solar
ll in cellar - stellar
or
motor - rotor
actor - reactor
defector - detector
sailor - tailor
censor - sensor
rector - sector
doctor - proctor
error - terror
er
dabbler - gabbler
dribbler - scribbler
cobbler - wobbler
gambler - rambler - scrambler
assembler - trembler
bumbler - grumbler - tumbler
fiddler - tiddler
leveller - reveller
stickler - tickler
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Same rhyming endings for quick learning
Examples 15, 16, 17
18. Example 18
Learn 32 words in one go!
ss in ssion { shun}
Same rhyming endings for quick learning
Example 18
compassion - passion
obsession - ss and ss in possession - session
procession - recession
confession - profession
compression - depression - expression - impression - pp in suppression
gg in aggression - digression - progression - transgression
emission - mission - remission
mm in commission and decommission
admission - transmission
intermission - permission
discussion - percussion - repercussion
fission - omission
make a sentence
1) Give young people permission to express their passion, or there will be tension.
2) I was under the impression, that losing one’s job can lead to depression.
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19. there are three ways to say ‘ed’ at the end of a past tense verb
1) ed { ed = id}
2) ed {ed = t}
3) ed {ed = d}
Students learning English as a foreign language often pronounce
the e in ed and English children often write ed as a t.
ed on the end of a word gives all sorts of spelling trouble
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20. Examples 19, 20, 21
easy spelling oa - oo - ou
added - gadded - padded
bedded - wedded
kidded - lidded - skidded
nodded - plodded - prodded
budded - scudded - studded - thudded
ed = id
harder spellings with sounds
boarded - hoarded
flooded - hooded
bounded - founded - hounded - pounded
grounded - rounded – rr in surrounded
astounded - impounded
sounded - unfounded
harder spellings
degraded - downgraded - paraded - upgraded
ceded - impeded - receded
deluded - precluded - secluded
ll in alluded and colluded
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Same rhyming endings for quick learning
22. ed
consonant doubles when ed is added
example skin - skinned
banned - canned - fanned - manned - tanned
binned - pinned - sinned - tinned
grinned - skinned - thinned
conned - donned
gunned - shunned - stunned - sunned
including odd ones out
past tense of run is ran not runned
see - saw not seed
flee - fled not fleed
free - freed not freeded
bleed - bled not bleeded
breed - bred not breeded
feed - fed not feeded
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Same rhyming endings for quick learning
Example 24
23. Words have different meanings when a double
consonant is used
Example 25
taping = stick with tape ….. tapping = knock gently
scraping = pulling object across a surface ….. scrapping = short fight
griping = stomach pain ….gripping = to grasp tightly
piping = strips of pipe …… pipping = just winning
sniping = shooting at someone ….. snipping = cutting
moping = in low spirits …… mopping = cleaning with a mop
sloping = slanting …… slopping = spilling over
striping = marking with lines …… stripping = taking off
loping = running with big strides …… lopping = chopping off
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you will see that
with two consonants there is a short vowel
with one consonant there is a long vowel
24. In the following example the student learns
11 words with the same ending
otion
lotion - notion - potion
portion - proportion
mm in commotion - motion
demotion - devotion - emotion - promotion
verbs drop e when adding a suffix
eg
promote - promotion
demotion - devotion - emotion - promotion
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Same rhyming endings for quick learning
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25. the student learns 28 words in the following list
ll in allocation - location
dedication - medication
indication - vindication
in creation - recreation
delegation - relegation
litigation - mitigation
aviation - radiation
deflation - elation - relation
degeneration - generation - regeneration
collaboration - elaboration
migration - vibration
imitation - limitation
notation - rotation
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Same rhyming endings for quick learning
Example 27
ation
26. Homophones
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canvas
board for painting
canvass
to ask for support
cell
smallest unit of a living
organism
sell
hand over
or money
cast
throw out
caste
racial group
chased
ran after
chaste
pure
cheap
inexpensive
cheep
bird sound
check
to verify
cheque
written order for
payment
choose
to pick
chews
to make smaller with
teeth
chute
sloping channel
shoot
to fire a weapon
coarse
rough
course
series of lessons
cygnet
young swan
signet
ring or seal
27. many words look, sound or spell almost the same
allay --- reduce fear
alley --- small passage way
ally --- friend in war or business
are --- present of verb to be
or --- used to link alternatives
hour --- 60 minutes
woman --- one female
women --- more than one female
through --- moving in one side and out of the other
thorough --- complete in every detail
though --- however
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English and American spellings
English American
pyjamas - pajamas
night - nite
moustache - mustache
mould - mold
boulder - bolder
aluminium - aluminum
anaesthetic - anesthetic
archaeology - archeology
favourite - favorite
29. There are over 600 pages of rhyming spelling both easy
and difficult. Difficult spellings become easy with the
rhyming method.
At the end of the book students will have learned how to
spell and say over eighty thousand words and their forms.
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