Spelling rules

1.Cat and Kitten rule

          C comes before a,o,u and consonants For example

cat, cap, cup, cut, cot, cobbler, clap ,crab

   K comes before i and e

For example

 King, kite, kitchen,kent, kennel.

2.Milk and Truck rule

ck comes after short vowel

example

black,track,rack

‘k’ comes after vowel team and consonants sound

example;

book, look, frank, tank

3. Sounds  Of    ‘C’

  C gives two sounds , one is it’s base sound /k/ [hard sound] before a, o, u and cosonants it gives /k/ sound

Example

carrot, camera, cloud

The other one is it’s soft sound /s/ before e ,i, y it gives it’s soft sound.

Example

cent,city, cyclone.

 4. Four Sounds Of ‘Y’

 When it comes in the beginning, it gives it’s base sound.

 Example

Yellow, yolk, yam

When it comes at the end it gives two sounds. /ie/ , /ee/

Example

Cry, fry, my, by, [/ie/ sound] {if the word is not having the vowel]

mummy, daddy, yummy, funny[/ee/ sound.] [if the word is having the vowel]

 When it comes in the middle it gives /ie/ and /ee/ sound.

Example

cyclone, cylinder.

5. Sounds Of  ‘G’

g’ gives two sounds . One is it’s base sound [hard sound].

 Example :

gate, goat, grapse

Before e,i, y it gives it’s soft sound /j/ . Example:

gym,ginger,gem.

6. Magic ‘e’

 When ‘e’ stands at the end of the word ,the previous short vowel gets it’s long sound , but the letter ‘e’ remains silent.

Example :

cage, page, cake, cube, pine, mane.

7./ch/  /tch/  Rule.

‘tch’ comes after the short vowel

Example:

batch,match,pitch

‘ch’ comes after consonants and vowel team .

Example :

pouch,church, bench.

8. /ge/, and /dge/ rule

      English words do not end with  j, u, v, i.

If the /j/ sound comes at the end /dge/or /ge/ can be used.

After the short vowel /dge/ can be applied

For example:

Badge,  smudge, pledge, bridge.

Or else /ge/ can be applied.

Cage, page, change,large

9. Floss Rule

When a one syllable word  has a short vowel sound followed by  f, l, s, z  then double the last letter.[f,l,s,z.]

 Example:

puff,cliff, press,buzz.

EXCEPTIONS;

if, of, as, nil, bus, gas, is ,was, plus, us, his.

10. Shy ‘I’ Toughy ‘Y’.

‘I’ feels shy to come at the end ,toughy ‘y’ replace it’s place.

 Example:

pay, may, boy, toy,