WB 15.1.24- tested on 19.1.24
Rules: ’i’ before ’e’ except after ’c’ rule applies where the sound spelt by the ’ei’ is a clear ’ee’ sound.
1. achieve 4. chief 7. hygiene
2. believe 5. friend 8. patience
3. brief 6. grief
WC 22.1.24- tested on 26.1.24
Rules: ’i’ before ’e’ except after ’c’ rule
1. ceiling 4. deceit 7. receive
2. conceit 5. deceive 8. receipt
3. conceive 6. inconceivable
WC 29.1.24- tested 2.2.24
Rules: exceptions to the rule of ’i’ before ’e’ except after ’c’ rule
1. efficient 4. sufficient 7. weird
2. ancient 5. leisure 8. foreign
3. conscience 6. neither
WC 5.2.24- tested on 9.2.24
Rules: Words with silent letters
Tip: Some letters which are no longer sounded used to be sounded hundreds of years ago e.g. knight the ‘k’ was sounded as ‘k’ and the ‘gh’ used to represent the sound that ‘ch’ now represents in the Scottish word loch.
1. doubt 4. February 7. autumn
2. island 5. sword 8. column
3. lamb 6. knight
W.C 26.2.24- tested on 1.3.24
Rules: Words from the statutory word list
1. accident 4. bicycle 7. system
2. accidentally 5. symbol 8. exercise
3. actual 6. physical
WC 4.3.2024- tested 8.3.24
Rules: Words containing the letter string –ough
Tip: -ough is one of the trickest spellings in English. It can be used to spell the sound ‘or’ and ‘uff’.
1. ought 4. enough 7. rough
2. bought 5. brought 8. tough
3. thought 6. fought
WC 11.3.24- tested on 15.3.24
Rules: Words containing the letter string –ough
-ough is one of the trickest spellings in English.
1. though 4. through 7. plough
2. although 5. thorough 8. bough
3. dough 6. borough
WC 18.3.24- tested 22.3.24
Rules: Words from the statutory list
1.controversy 4.parliament 7.signature
2.appreciate 5.pronunciation 8.curiosity
3.immediately 6.embarrass
W/C 25.3.24- tested on 29.3
Rules: Words from the statutory list
1.accident 4.breathe 7. knowledge
2.believe 5.disappear 8. material
3.breath 6. favourite