logging in or signing up Spelling-rules unzipped kcromero1 Download Post to : URL : Related Presentations : Share Add to Flag Embed Email Send to Blogs and Networks Add to Channel Uploaded from authorPOINT lite Insert YouTube videos in PowerPont slides with aS Desktop Copy embed code: (To copy code, click on the text box) Embed: URL: Thumbnail: WordPress Embed Customize Embed The presentation is successfully added In Your Favorites. Views: 120 Category: Education License: All Rights Reserved Like it (0) Dislike it (0) Added: November 18, 2010 This Presentation is Public Favorites: 0 Presentation Description No description available. Comments Posting comment... Premium member Presentation Transcript Spelling Rules 1 : Spelling Rules 1 As a writer, you want to make sure your readers know exactly what you mean. Misspelled words can keep your readers from focusing on your ideas. Improving your spelling can improve your writing. You can improve your spelling skills by learning some basic spelling rules. Words that end in a silent e can be a spelling problem…. : Words that end in a silent e can be a spelling problem…. …especially when you have to add a suffix to them. The following rules will help you spell these words that end in silent e. When adding a suffix that begins with a consonant to a word that ends with a silent e, : When adding a suffix that begins with a consonant to a word that ends with a silent e, Keep the e. Pure + ly = purely Grace + ful = graceful Exceptions: Awe + ful = awful Argue + ment = argument When adding –ly to a word that ends with an l plus a silent e, : When adding –ly to a word that ends with an l plus a silent e, Always drop the e. Terrible + ly = terribly Whole + ly = wholly When adding a suffix that begins with a vowel or y to a word that ends with a silent e, : When adding a suffix that begins with a vowel or y to a word that ends with a silent e, Usually drop the e. Write + ing = writing Shine + y = shiny Exceptions !!!! Dye + ing =dyeing Mile + age = mileage When adding a suffix that begins with a or o to a word that ends with ce or ge, : When adding a suffix that begins with a or o to a word that ends with ce or ge, Keep the e so the word will still have the soft c or g sound. Change + able = changeable Trace + able = traceable When adding a suffix that begins with a vowel to a word that ends in ee or oe, : When adding a suffix that begins with a vowel to a word that ends in ee or oe, Keep the e. Agree + able = agreeable Hoe + ing = hoeing Spelling test form : Spelling test form Choose the correct form of the word needed to fill the blank in the sentences below. Mom made an __________ mess when she used under arm deodorant instead of hair spray on her hair. A. awful B. aweful We will be __________ stories in our class. A. writing B. writeing You do not have the permission to view this presentation. In order to view it, please contact the author of the presentation.
Spelling-rules unzipped kcromero1 Download Post to : URL : Related Presentations : Share Add to Flag Embed Email Send to Blogs and Networks Add to Channel Uploaded from authorPOINT lite Insert YouTube videos in PowerPont slides with aS Desktop Copy embed code: (To copy code, click on the text box) Embed: URL: Thumbnail: WordPress Embed Customize Embed The presentation is successfully added In Your Favorites. Views: 120 Category: Education License: All Rights Reserved Like it (0) Dislike it (0) Added: November 18, 2010 This Presentation is Public Favorites: 0 Presentation Description No description available. Comments Posting comment... Premium member Presentation Transcript Spelling Rules 1 : Spelling Rules 1 As a writer, you want to make sure your readers know exactly what you mean. Misspelled words can keep your readers from focusing on your ideas. Improving your spelling can improve your writing. You can improve your spelling skills by learning some basic spelling rules. Words that end in a silent e can be a spelling problem…. : Words that end in a silent e can be a spelling problem…. …especially when you have to add a suffix to them. The following rules will help you spell these words that end in silent e. When adding a suffix that begins with a consonant to a word that ends with a silent e, : When adding a suffix that begins with a consonant to a word that ends with a silent e, Keep the e. Pure + ly = purely Grace + ful = graceful Exceptions: Awe + ful = awful Argue + ment = argument When adding –ly to a word that ends with an l plus a silent e, : When adding –ly to a word that ends with an l plus a silent e, Always drop the e. Terrible + ly = terribly Whole + ly = wholly When adding a suffix that begins with a vowel or y to a word that ends with a silent e, : When adding a suffix that begins with a vowel or y to a word that ends with a silent e, Usually drop the e. Write + ing = writing Shine + y = shiny Exceptions !!!! Dye + ing =dyeing Mile + age = mileage When adding a suffix that begins with a or o to a word that ends with ce or ge, : When adding a suffix that begins with a or o to a word that ends with ce or ge, Keep the e so the word will still have the soft c or g sound. Change + able = changeable Trace + able = traceable When adding a suffix that begins with a vowel to a word that ends in ee or oe, : When adding a suffix that begins with a vowel to a word that ends in ee or oe, Keep the e. Agree + able = agreeable Hoe + ing = hoeing Spelling test form : Spelling test form Choose the correct form of the word needed to fill the blank in the sentences below. Mom made an __________ mess when she used under arm deodorant instead of hair spray on her hair. A. awful B. aweful We will be __________ stories in our class. A. writing B. writeing