Spell Like a Ninja: Top Tips, Rules and Remedies to Supercharge Your Spelling

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How to use this book
Essential spelling strategies
International Phonetic Alphabet
Year 1
	Alphabet (lower and upper case)
	Dividing words into syllables
	ff, ll, ss, zz and ck: The sounds /f/, /l/, /s/, /z/ and /k/ spelled ff, ll, ss, zz and ck
	nk: The /ŋ/ sound spelled n before k
	-tch: The /tʃ/ sound is usually spelled as -tch
	ve: The /v/ sound at the end of words
	-s and -es: Adding -s and -es to words (plurals and the third person singular)
	-ing, -ed and -er: Adding the endings -ing, -ed and -er to verbs where no change is needed to the root word
	-er and -est: Adding -er and -est to adjectives where no change is needed to the root word
	ai and oi, ay and oy, a-e and e-e, i-e and o-e, u-e: Vowel digraphs
	ar, ee, ea and ea, er and er: Vowel digraphs
	ir and ur, oo and oo, oa, oe and ou: Vowel digraphs
	ow
/ow
, ve and ew
, ie and ie, igh: Vowel digraphs and trigraphs
	or and ore, aw and au, air, ear and ear, are: Vowel digraphs and trigraphs
	-y: Words ending -y
	ph and wh : Consonant ph and wh
	k: Using k for the /k/ sound
	un-: Adding the prefix un-
	Compound words
	Common exception words
Year 2
	ce, ci and cy: The /s/ sound spelled c before e, i and y
	-dge: The /dʒ/ sound spelled as -dge at the end of words
	-dge: The /dʒ/ sound spelled as -ge at the end of words
	-dge: The /dʒ/ sound spelled as g and j in other positions
	kn and gn: The /n/ sound spelled kn and gn at the beginning of words
	wr: The /r/ sound spelled wr at the beginning of words
	-le: The /l/ or /əl/ sound spelled -le at the end of words
	-el: The /l/ or /əl/ sound spelled -el at the end of words
	-al: The /l/ or /əl/ sound spelled -al at the end of words
	-il: The /l/ or /əl/ sound spelled -i l at the end of words
	-y: The /aɪ/ sound spelled -y at the end of words
	-es: Adding -es to nouns and verbs ending in -y
	-ed, -ing, -er and -est: Adding -ed, -ing, -er and -est to a root word ending in -y with a consonant before it
	-ing, -ed, -er, -est and -y: Adding -ing, -ed, -er, -est and -y to words ending in -e with a consonant before it
	-ing, -ed, -er, -est and -y: Adding -ing, -ed, -er, -est and -y to words of one syllable ending in a single consonant after a single vowel
	al and all: The /ɔ:/ sound spelled a before l and ll
	-ey: The /i:/ sound spelled -ey
	o: The /ʌ/ sound spelled o
	s: The /ʒ/ sound spelled s
	wa and qua: The /ɒ/ sound spelled a after w and qu
	wor and war: The /ɜ:/ sound spelled or after w and the /ɔ:/ sound spelled ar after w
	-tion: Words ending in -tion
	-ment, -ness, -ful, -less and -ly: Adding the suffixes -ment, -ness, -ful , -less and -ly
	Contractions
	The possessive apostrophe (singular nouns)
	Homophones and near-homophones
	Common exception words
Year 3 and 4
	Years 3 and 4 spelling introduction and spelling rule overview
	Ninja Spelling ­Focus? explained
	Adding suffixes beginning with vowels
	y: The /ɪ/ sound spelled y
	ou: The /ʌ/ sound spelled ou
	in-, i l-, im-: Adding prefixes in-, i l-, im-
	dis- and mis-: Adding prefixes disand mis-
	re-, sub- and tele-: Adding prefixes re-, sub- and tele-
	super-, auto- and pre-: Adding prefixes super-, auto- and pre-
	anti- and inter-: Adding prefixes anti- and inter-
	-ation: Adding suffix -ation
	-ly: Adding suffix -ly
	-sure and -ture: Words with endings sounding like /ʒə/ -sure or /tʃə / -ture
	-sion: Endings which sound like /like /ʒən/ -sion
	-ous: Adding suffix -ous
	-tion, -sion, -ssion, -cian: Endings which sound lik e /ʃən/ spelled -tion, -sion, -ssion, -cian
	ch : Words with the /k/ sound spelled ch and words with t he /ʃ/ sound spelled ch
	-gue and -que: Words ending with the /g/ sound spelled -gue and the /k/ sound spelled –que
	sc: Words with the /s/ sound spelled sc
	ei, eigh or ey: Words with the /eɪ/ sound spelled ei , eigh or ey
	Possessive apostrophe with plural words
	Homophones and near-homophones
	Years 3 and 4 statutory word list
Year 5 and 6
	-cious or -tious
	-cial and -tial
	-ant, -ance and -ancy
	-ent, -ence and -ency
	-able
	-ible
	-ably
	-ibly
	-fer
	i before e
	-ough
	Silent letters
	Homophones and words that are often confused
	Hyphens
	Years 5 and 6 statutory word list
	Contractions
	Common prefix meanings
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