English spelling rules

Question 1 of 10

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Select from the dropdown lists to complete the text.

Each 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 ( received, recieved, recevied ) your application

2) To ( achieve, acheive, achevie ) a good score you need to spell accurately.

3) Learn the spelling rules to become ( proficient, proficeient, proficeint ) at spelling.

4) We must ( weigh, wiegh, wegih ) up the pros and cons.

5) I do ( believe, beleive, belevie ) you have understood this rule!

Explanation

Question 2 of 10

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Is a suffix something you add to the start or the end of a word?

Select one of the following:

The end
The start

Explanation

Question 3 of 10

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When would you need to double the final consonant if you add any one of the suffixes 'ing', 'er', 'ed', 'est' or 'en'?

Select one of the following:

If the word you are adding it to is single syllable and ends with a vowel followed by a consonant
For any word ending vowel + consonant
For words ending in 'y' that also change the 'y' to an 'i'
When you add the suffix to any single syllable word

Explanation

Question 4 of 10

1

There are only 5 vowels in the English language. All the other letters are consonants.

Select one of the following:

True
False

Explanation

Question 5 of 10

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In 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.

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Drag and drop to complete the text.

writing

writeing

imagination

imagineation

sensible

senseable

courageous

couragous

hoped

hopeed

noticeable

noticable

Explanation

Question 6 of 10

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"All in front and full behind, drop the 'l' and never mind!"
Choose the examples of this rule from the words listed.

Select one or more of the following:

Always
Careful
Although
Fearful
Allmost
Hopefull
Wistfull
Allmighty

Explanation

Question 7 of 10

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When would you change the 'y' at the end of a word to an 'i'?

Select one of the following:

If the last two letters of the word are consonant + 'y' and you want to add a suffix
If the last two letters of the word are vowel + consonant and you want to add a suffix
If you are adding vowel suffixes to any word ending with a 'y'

Explanation

Question 8 of 10

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Look at this list of words. Can you identify the ones that have been spelt incorrectly?
Choose all that you think are wrong.

Select one or more of the following:

Anceient
Allways
Ocurring
Exciteable
Readyness
Defying
Manageable
Joker
Referring
Neighbour

Explanation

Question 9 of 10

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Drag and drop the annotations to correctly identify the spelling rule or exeception that has been used correctly in this passage.

Drag an answer into the correct orange point.

Drop the silent 'e'

Doubling

'ing' means doubling

Change the 'y'

Double the last consonant

i before e

All in front

Full behind

'i' before 'e' except after 'c'

adding 'ies'

except after 'c'

add i and e

change 'y' to 'i'

dropping the silent 'e'

Explanation

Question 10 of 10

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If you follow these spelling rules you will always be successful!

Which spelling rule is used in this sentence?

Select one of the following:

All in front and full behind, drop the 'l' and never mind!
'i' before 'e' except after 'c'.
Adding 'ing' means doubling.
Drop the silent 'e' when adding vowel suffixes
If the word ends consonant + 'y', change the 'y' to an 'i' when adding a suffix

	Created by Sarah Holmes about 8 years ago

English spelling rules

English spelling rules

Question 1 of 10

Select from the dropdown lists to complete the text.

Explanation

Question 2 of 10

Is a suffix something you add to the start or the end of a word?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 3 of 10

When would you need to double the final consonant if you add any one of the suffixes 'ing', 'er', 'ed', 'est' or 'en'?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 4 of 10

There are only 5 vowels in the English language. All the other letters are consonants.

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 5 of 10

Drag and drop to complete the text.

Explanation

Question 6 of 10

"All in front and full behind, drop the 'l' and never mind!" Choose the examples of this rule from the words listed.

Select one or more of the following:

Explanation

Question 7 of 10

When would you change the 'y' at the end of a word to an 'i'?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 8 of 10

Look at this list of words. Can you identify the ones that have been spelt incorrectly? Choose all that you think are wrong.

Select one or more of the following:

Explanation

Question 9 of 10

Drag and drop the annotations to correctly identify the spelling rule or exeception that has been used correctly in this passage.

Drag an answer into the correct orange point.

Explanation

Question 10 of 10

If you follow these spelling rules you will always be successful! Which spelling rule is used in this sentence?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

"All in front and full behind, drop the 'l' and never mind!"
Choose the examples of this rule from the words listed.

Look at this list of words. Can you identify the ones that have been spelt incorrectly?
Choose all that you think are wrong.

If you follow these spelling rules you will always be successful!

Which spelling rule is used in this sentence?