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Welcome to the spelling section of First For Learning.
Click on one of the sections above or below to begin. See the
How to Use page for help getting started.
In Parts 1 and 2, I have not divided the levels into ages.
I believe that pupils should be able to spell the words they use and
suggest that an adult goes through each level with the pupil and underlines the relevant words.
This can be repeated regularly as the pupil's vocabulary increases.
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Part 1 - The Basics
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Level 1 |
Basic sounds |
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Level 2 |
2, 3, 4 and 5 letter words. 6 letter words with
more than one syllable |
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Level 3 |
ch sh th |
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Level 4 |
magic "e" |
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Level 5 |
magic "r" |
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Level 6 |
effect of "re" on vowels |
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Level 7 |
double consonant cancels magic "e" |
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Level 8 |
magic "e" makes "g" and "c" soft |
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Level 9 |
"ee" "ea" "ow" "ou" "oi" "oy" |
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Level 10 |
"oo" "ui" "oa" "ai" "ay" "ey" "au" "aw"
"uy" |
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Level 11 |
"ang" "eng" "ing" "ong" "ung" |
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Level 12 |
"nge" and effect of "l" on vowels |
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Level 13 |
effect of "r" on diphthongs |
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Level 14 |
"igh" "eigh" "ough" "augh" "ph" "y" not
"i" |
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silent letters, hard "ch", words ending
"gue"
and "que" "ture" "tuary"
"sure" "sury" |
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Level 16 |
words with "qu" and "x" |
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Level 17 |
words ending in "a" "i" "o" "u" |
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Level 18 |
"i" before "e" |
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Level 19 |
words ending in "er" "ar" "or" "our" "re" |
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Level 20 |
words ending in "le" "el" "al" "ol"
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Part 2 - Changes to Root Words
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Level 1 |
plurals |
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Level 2 |
past tense |
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Level 3 |
suffixes - words ending in "y", "ied" and adding
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Level 4 |
prefixes - "in" "im" "un" "dis" "des"
"per" "pur" |
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Level 5 |
double letters after words beginning with vowels
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Level 6 |
lose the "e" when adding a suffix |
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Level 7 |
double the last letter when adding a suffix |
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Level 8 |
words ending in "ous" |
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Level 9 |
words ending in "ible" or "able" |
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Level 10 |
words ending "tion", "tian",
"cian", "sion", "shion", or "tain" |
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Level 11 |
words ending in "ent" "ant" "ence" and
"ance" "ense" |
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Level 12 |
words ending in "ory", "ery" or "ary" |
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Level 13 |
"ise" or "ize" |
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Level 14 |
common errors - revision |
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Level 15 |
Latin and Greek roots |
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Part 3 - Homophones (words that sound the same but are spelt
differently)
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