Some Spelling Rules
Some Spelling Rules
Some Spelling Rules
1. āĻāĻ syllable āĻŦāĻŋāĻļāĻŋāώā§āĻ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻā§āϰ āĻļā§āώ⧠āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ vowel + āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ consonant, āĻāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻĨāĻžāĻāϞ⧠āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāĻĻā§āϰ āĻĒāϰ⧠vowel āĻĻāĻŋā§ā§ āĻļā§āϰ⧠āĻšāĻā§āĻž suffix (ed, er, ing, est etc) āϝā§āĻ āĻšāϞ⧠āĻļā§āώ consonant āĻāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻāĻŋ āĻšā§ā§ āϝāĻžā§|
Beg + ed = begged, Rob + er= robber
Run + ing = running, Sad + est = saddest.
But: Wish + ed = wished (two consonants)
Fear + ing + fearing (two vowels)
2. āĻĻā§āĻ āĻŦāĻž āϤāϤā§āϧāĻŋāĻ syllable āĻŦāĻŋāĻļāĻŋāώā§āĻ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻā§āϰ āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āĻļā§āώ syllable āĻāĻŋ āĻā§āϰ āĻĻāĻŋā§ā§ āĻāĻā§āĻāĻžāϰāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻļā§āώ āĻ āĻā§āώāϰāĻāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻāĻŋ āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤
Begin + ing = beginning
Occur + ed = occurred
Permit + ed = permitted
Control + er =controller
3. āĻļā§āώ syllable āĻāĻŋ āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āĻā§āϰ āĻĻāĻŋā§ā§ āĻāĻā§āĻāĻžāϰāĻŖāϰāĻŋāϤ āύāĻž āĻšāϞ⧠consonant āĻāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻāĻŋ āĻšāĻŦā§ āύāĻžāĨ¤
Benefit + ed = benefited
Suffer + ing = suffering
Exception: worship, kidnap, handicap
Worship + ed = worshipped
Handicap + ed = handicapped
Kidnap + er = kidnapper
4. British English āĻ āĻļā§āώ syllable āĻ āĻā§āϰ āĻĻāĻŋā§ā§ āĻāĻā§āĻāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āύāĻž āĻšāϞā§āĻ L āĻ āĻā§āώāϰāĻāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻāĻŋ āĻšā§ā§ āϝāĻžā§āĨ¤
Quarrel + ed = quarrelled
Signal + ing = signalling
Travel + er = traveller Distil + er = distiller
Exception: Parallel + ed = paralleled
5. British English āĻ āϝ⧠āϏāĻŦ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻā§āϰ āĻļā§āώ⧠ll āĻĨāĻžāĻā§, āϤāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āĻļā§āώ⧠full āϝā§āĻ āĻšāϞ⧠āĻŽā§āϞ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻā§āϰ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ l āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āϝāĻžā§āĨ¤
Skill + full = skilful Will + full = skilful
6. āĻā§āύ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻā§āϰ āĻļā§āώ⧠āĻ āύā§āĻā§āĻāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ e āĻĨāĻžāĻāϞā§, vowel āĻĻāĻŋā§ā§ āĻļā§āϰ⧠āĻšāĻā§āĻž suffix āϝā§āĻā§āϤ āĻšāĻŦāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽā§ā§ āĻ e āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āϝāĻžā§āĨ¤
Live + ing = living Move + ing = moving
Hope + ing = hoping Drive + ing = driving
7. consonant āĻĻāĻŋā§ā§ āĻļā§āϰ⧠āĻšāĻā§āĻž suffix āϝā§āĻā§āϤ āĻšāϞ⧠e āĻĨāĻžāĻā§āĨ¤
Hope + ful = hopeful
Engage + ment = engagement
Exception:
True + ly = truly Whole + ly = wholly
Due + ly = duly Nine + th = ninth
Awe + ful = awful
8. āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻā§āϰ āĻļā§āώ⧠ce āĻāĻŦāĻ ge āĻĨāĻžāĻāϞ⧠able āĻāĻŦāĻ ous āϝā§āĻā§āϤ āĻšāϞ⧠āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āώ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āώ āĻā§āώā§āϤā§āϰ⧠e āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āϝāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻĨāĻžāĻā§āĨ¤
Notice + able = noticeable
Peace + able = peaceable
Change + able = changeable
Courage + ous = courageous
9. āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻā§āϰ āĻļā§āώ⧠ce āĻāĻŦāĻ ge āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻž āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻā§āϰ c āĻāĻŦāĻ g āĻā§āĻŽāϞ āĻāĻā§āĻāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϞā§, āĻ āύā§āϝ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻā§āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āĻŽāĻŋāĻļā§āϰāĻŖ āĻā§āĻžāϤ⧠e āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āϝāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻĨāĻžāĻā§āĨ¤
Singe + ing = singeing
[ singing āĻāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āĻŽāĻŋāĻļā§āϰāĻŖ āĻā§āĻžāϤā§āĨ¤]
Swinge + ing = swingeing
[ swinging āĻāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āĻŽāĻŋāĻļā§āϰāĻŖ āĻā§āĻžāϤā§āĨ¤]
10. āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻā§āϰ āĻļā§āώ⧠ee āĻĨāĻžāĻāϞ⧠e āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āϝāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻĨāĻžāĻā§āĨ¤
See + ing = seeing Agree + ment = agreement
11. āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻā§āϰ āĻļā§āώ⧠ie āĻĨāĻžāĻāϞ⧠ing āϝā§āĻ āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽā§ āϤāĻž y āĻšā§ā§ āϝāĻžā§āĨ¤
Die + ing = dying Tie + ing = tying
Lie + ing = lying
12. āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻā§āϰ āĻļā§āώ⧠āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ consonant + y āĻĨāĻžāĻāϞ⧠y āĻāĻŋ i āĻšā§ā§ āϝāĻžā§āĨ¤ [ ing āĻāϰ āĻŦā§āϞāĻžāϝ āύā§āĨ¤]
Happy + ly = happily Carry + ed = carried
Beauty + ful = beautiful
Marry + age = marriage
But:
Carry + ing = carrying
Marry + ing = marrying
13. āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻā§āϰ āĻļā§āώ⧠vowel + y āĻĨāĻžāĻāϞ⧠y āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āϝāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻĨāĻžāĻā§āĨ¤
Pray + ed = prayed Play + er = player
Exception:
Pay + ed = paid Day + ly = daily
Say + ed = said Gay + ly = gaily
Lay + ed = laid
14. ie āĻāĻŦāĻ ei āϝāĻāύ āĻ ( ee in jeep ) āĻāϰ āĻŽāϤ āĻāĻā§āĻāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻšā§, āϤāĻāύ c āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧠āĻŦā§āϝāϤā§āϤ āĻ āύā§āϝāĻā§āώā§āϤā§āϰ⧠i āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻā§ āĻāϏā§āĨ¤Believe, relieve, grieve, yield, and field
After C: Receive, receipt, deceit, conceive, achieve, and conceive
Exception:
Seize, protein, counterfeit, wired, surfeit.