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English spelling rules

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  1. 1Each of these spellings contain a word related to the rule ' 'i' before 'e' except after 'c' '. Choose the correct spelling of each of those words from the drop-down menus.

    1) I have [blank_start]received[blank_end] your application

    2) To [blank_start]achieve[blank_end] a good score you need to spell accurately.

    3) Learn the spelling rules to become [blank_start]proficient[blank_end] at spelling.

    4) We must [blank_start]weigh[blank_end] up the pros and cons.

    5) I do [blank_start]believe[blank_end] you have understood this rule!    Image for question 1
    1. Areceived
    2. Brecieved
    3. Crecevied
    4. Dachieve
    5. Eacheive
    6. Fachevie
    7. Gproficient
    8. Hproficeient
    9. Iproficeint
    10. Jweigh
    11. Kwiegh
    12. Lwegih
    13. Mbelieve
    14. Nbeleive
    15. Obelevie
  2. 2Is a suffix something you add to the start or the end of a word?Image for question 2
    1. AThe end
    2. BThe start
  3. 3When would you need to double the final consonant if you add any one of the suffixes 'ing', 'er', 'ed', 'est' or 'en'?Image for question 3
    1. AIf the word you are adding it to is single syllable and ends with a vowel followed by a consonant
    2. BFor any word ending vowel + consonant
    3. CFor words ending in 'y' that also change the 'y' to an 'i'
    4. DWhen you add the suffix to any single syllable word
  4. 4There are only 5 vowels in the English language. All the other letters are consonants.Image for question 4
    1. ATrue
    2. BFalse
  5. 5In this passage all of the words which have vowel consonants added have been removed. Drag and drop the correctly spelt word into each blank space.

    When [blank_start]writing[blank_end] creative pieces try to use your [blank_start]imagination[blank_end] as much as you can. Be [blank_start]sensible[blank_end] with your vocabulary choices and [blank_start]courageous[blank_end] in your sentence structures. It is to be [blank_start]hoped[blank_end] that your efforts will be [blank_start]noticeable[blank_end] to the reader.    Image for question 5
    1. Awriting
    2. Bwriteing
    3. Cimagination
    4. Dimagineation
    5. Esensible
    6. Fsenseable
    7. Gcourageous
    8. Hcouragous
    9. Ihoped
    10. Jhopeed
    11. Knoticeable
    12. Lnoticable
  6. 6"All in front and full behind, drop the 'l' and never mind!"
    Choose the examples of this rule from the words listed.    Image for question 6
    1. AAlways
    2. BCareful
    3. CAlthough
    4. DFearful
    5. EAllmost
    6. FHopefull
    7. GWistfull
    8. HAllmighty
  7. 7When would you change the 'y' at the end of a word to an 'i'?Image for question 7
    1. AIf the last two letters of the word are consonant + 'y' and you want to add a suffix
    2. BIf the last two letters of the word are vowel + consonant and you want to add a suffix
    3. CIf you are adding vowel suffixes to any word ending with a 'y'
  8. 8Look at this list of words. Can you identify the ones that have been spelt incorrectly?
    Choose all that you think are wrong.    Image for question 8
    1. AAnceient
    2. BAllways
    3. COcurring
    4. DExciteable
    5. EReadyness
    6. FDefying
    7. GManageable
    8. HJoker
    9. IReferring
    10. JNeighbour
  9. 9Drag and drop the annotations to correctly identify the spelling rule or exeception that has been used correctly in this passage.Image for question 9
    1. ADrop the silent 'e'
    2. BDoubling
    3. C'ing' means doubling
    4. DChange the 'y'
    5. EDouble the last consonant
    6. Fi before e
    7. GAll in front
    8. HFull behind
    9. I'i' before 'e' except after 'c'
    10. Jadding 'ies'
    11. Kexcept after 'c'
    12. Ladd i and e
    13. Mchange 'y' to 'i'
    14. Ndropping the silent 'e'
  10. 10If you follow these spelling rules you will always be successful!

    Which spelling rule is used in this sentence?    Image for question 10
    1. AAll in front and full behind, drop the 'l' and never mind!
    2. B'i' before 'e' except after 'c'.
    3. CAdding 'ing' means doubling.
    4. DDrop the silent 'e' when adding vowel suffixes
    5. EIf the word ends consonant + 'y', change the 'y' to an 'i' when adding a suffix

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A quiz to accompany the Wild West Spelling Rules animated video lesson testing learners understanding of the 5 key rules covered in that lesson. PLEASE NOTE: The lesson and this quiz do not cover ALL of the spelling rules for English, just 5 of the most important ones people need to understand to avoid the most common spelling errors.
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