7 Plus Spelling 21

Adding the endings – ing, –ed, –er, –est and –y to words ending in –e with a consonant before it

Hike, hiker, hiked, hiking, Nice, nicer, nicest, Shine, shinier, shiniest, shining, Take, taker, taking, Care, caring, cared

Adding –ing, –ed, –er, –est and –y to one-syllable words that end in a consonant

Pat, patting, patted, Hum, humming, hummed, Drop, dropping, dropped, Sad, sadder, saddest , Run, running, runny

Adding ‘ed’ ‘ing’ ‘er’ and ‘est’ to a root word ending in ‘y’ with a consonant before it.

Copy, copied, copier, Happy, happier, happiest, Silly, sillier, silliest, Cry, cried, crier, Copying, crying, replying

Common exception words

Because, Children, Climb, Most, Only…

Contractions

Can't, Didn't, Shouldn't, Don't, I'll

Take off the ‘y’ and add ‘ies’

Flies, Tries, Cries, Babies, Copies

The suffixes –ment, –ness, –ful , –less and –ly

Careful, Beautiful, Sadness, Enjoyment, Badly

The use of ‘le’ at the end of words for the 'el' sound.

Apple, Middle, Bottle, Table, Title

The ‘al’ sound at the end of words.

Metal, Animal, Hospital, Capital, Final

The ‘ee’ sound spelt ‘ey’

Donkey, Chimney, Key, Monkey, Valley

The ‘i’ sound at the end of a word spelt with a ‘y’

Cry, Dry, Try, Reply, July

The ‘n’ sound spelt as ‘kn’ or ‘gn’.

Know, Knock, Knee, Gnome, Gnaw

The ‘r’ sound spelt ‘wr’ at the beginning of words.

Write, Wrong, Written, Wrap, Wrote

The ‘u’ sound spelt with an ‘o’.

Other, Mother, Brother, Monday, Nothing

Using the ‘el’ sound at the end of words.

Camel, Squirrel, Tunnel, Travel, Towel

Using ‘a’ after ‘qu’ or ‘w’

Want, Watch, Wander, Squash, Quantity

Using ‘a’ to spell the ‘or’ sound

All, Ball, Call, Talk, Wall

Using ‘c’ to make a ‘s’ sound.

Race, Ice, Fancy, City, Cinema

Using ‘g’ to make a ‘j’ sound.

Giant, Giraffe, Gem, Magic, Energy

Words ending in ‘tion’

Station, Action, National, Fiction, Motion

Words that end in ‘ge’ or ‘dge’.

Edge, Bridge, Badge, Huge, Village