SPELLING RULES

Spelling Rule #1 If the word ends in a y, change the y to i before adding the ending es, ed, or ness try try tri tries

Know these OTHER words that follow this pattern family families happy happiness relies rely

Spelling Rule #2 i before e (belief, friend) except after c (receive, deceit) or when sounded as A as in neighbor and weigh

COMMON EXCEPTIONS to i before e neither leisure seizure And WEIRD is a little weird!

Begin Beginning Hop Hopping Star Starring Spelling Rule # 3 DOUBLE a consonant at the end of a word before adding an ending IF the final syllable has a SHORT VOWEL (vowel does NOT say its name.) Begin Beginning Hop Hopping Star Starring

Hope Hoping Stare Staring Make Making Spelling Rule #3 cont. Do NOT double the final consonant when adding an ending (ing/ed) if the word has a LONG vowel sound (vowel says its name) in the last syllable. Drop the final e and add the ending. Hope Hoping Stare Staring Make Making

written Write writing LONG vowel so don’t double consonant (t) But THAT is why Write writing LONG vowel so don’t double consonant (t) But written SHORT vowel—so t IS doubled.

These rules help, but no rule works 100% of the time. Use the rules to make an educated guess when you cannot look something up.