A NORMAL PERSON: twinkle, twinkle, little star A GRE STUDENT: The person presenting the ultimate cachinnation possesses thereby the optimal cachinnation. The y is changed to i before –ed, –er and –est are added. A GRE STUDENT: Scintillate, scintillate, asteroid minim. The /a ɪ/ sound spelt –y at the end of words The only ordinary words with ii are skiing and taxiing. The y is changed to i before –ed, –er and –est are added, but not before –ing as this would result in ii. The /aɪ/ sound spelt –y at the end of wordsĪdding –es to nouns and verbs ending in –y The /l/ or / əl/ sound spelt –al at the end of words NORMAL PERSON: All that glitters is not gold. NORMAL PERSON: Twinkle, twinkle, little star GRE STUDENT: All articles that coruscate with resplendence are not truly auriferous. The /l/ or / ə l/ sound spelt –el at the end of words GRE STUDENT: Scintillate, scintillate, asteroid minim. The /l/ or / ə l/ sound spelt –le at the end of words The /d ʒ / sound is always spelt as j before a, o and u. The /d ʒ / sound sometimes spelt as g elsewhere in words before e, i and y The / r / sound spelt wr at the beginning of words The ‘k’ and ‘g’ at the beginning of these words. The /d ʒ / sound spelt as ge and dge at the end of words, and sometimes spelt as g elsewhere in words before e, i and y U-e Both the /u:/ and /ju:/ (‘oo’ and ‘yoo’) sounds can be spelt as u–e. I-e, o-e, u-e ( Both the /u:/ and /ju:/ (‘oo’ and ‘yoo’) sounds can be spelt as u–e.), ar
NORMAL PERSON : Twinkle, twinkle, little star GRE STUDENT: All articles that coruscate with resplendence are not truly auriferous. If the ending sounds like / ɪz/ and forms an extra syllable or ‘beat’ in the word, it is spelt as –es.Įnglish words hardly ever end with the letter v, so if a word ends with a /v/ sound, the letter e usually needs to be added after the ‘v’.Īdding the endings –ing, –ed and –er to verbs where no change is needed to the root wordĪdding –er and –est to adjectives where no change is needed to the root wordĪi and oi are very rarely used at the end of words GRE STUDENT : Scintillate, scintillate, asteroid minim. If the ending sounds like /s/ or /z/, it is spelt as –s. If a word ends with a /v/ sound, the letter e usually needs to be added after the ‘v’. The /t ʃ/ sound is usually spelt as ch if it comes straight after a diagraph / long vowel sound. The /t ʃ/ sound is usually spelt as tch if it comes straight after a single vowel letter / short vowel sound. Words of more than one syllable often have an unstressed syllable in which the vowel sound is unclear. The sounds /f/, /l/, /s/, /z/ and /k/ spelt f, l, s, z and k after a long vowel / two letters The sounds /f/, /l/, /s/, /z/ and /k/ spelt ff, ll, ss, zz and ck after a short vowel / single letter
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