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- 1. Never-ending letters English word endings Johanna Stirling The Spelling Blog thespellingblog.blogspot.com
- 2. There are some letters that are not usually found at the end of native English words. 1 Any ideas which ones?
- 3. Test it Try to think of at least one word ending in each of the letters of the alphabet. There are 5 letters that are not usually found at the end of words. Which ones? A sea H O V B I P W C J Q X D K R Y E L S Z F M T G N U
- 4. Check it A sea H fish O go V B rob I P sleep W few C basic J Q X box D walked K duck R teacher Y say E make L ball S kiss Z buzz F of M jam T rest G leg N win U* *Except you
- 5. So... Native English words almost never end with these letters: i j q u v (Exception words, like chilli, raj, Iraq, gnu and spiv have all come into the English language relatively recently from other languages, and their spelling wasn’t changed, or they are shortened forms like taxi – from taxicab)
- 6. At the end of a word, instead of i, we sometimes use y silly happy reply But we only use y at the end of these words, not in silliness, happiest, replied 2
- 7. What letters can we use at the end of a word instead of these: j? q? u? v? (Think of words that end in these sounds)
- 8. Because we don’t use j at the end of words, which three letters do we often write? Complete the words. b_____ j____ b____ f_____ h____ k________
- 9. At the end of a word, we can’t use j, so we often use - dge bridge judge badge fridge hedge knowledge
- 10. Because we don’t use q at the end of words, which two or three letters do we often write? Complete the words. 1/1 m_____ u_____ a______ d___ k___ S____
- 11. At the end of a word, we can’t use q, so we sometimes use –que ... 1/1 mosque unique antique ... or -ck after a single vowel duck kick snack
- 12. Not final q, but... m____ m____ a_______ t____ b___ s____
- 13. Instead of q at the end of a word, we also sometimes use – c (usually after i) music magic academic or –k after a consonant or two vowels think book steak
- 14. At the end of a word, we don’t usually use u3, so which letter do we often add? Complete the words. b___ a____ T/F a_____ t___
- 15. To stop a word ending in u, we usually add an –e blue argue T/F avenue true
- 16. At the end of a word, we don’t use v, so which letter do we often add? l___ t_____ g___ s_____
- 17. To stop a word ending in v, we usually add an –e love twelve give sleeve 4
- 18. How many of the words on the next slide can you remember? Write sentences. Include at least 2 of the words in each one. or Write a story. Use as many of the words as possible in your story.
- 20. Teachers - for lots more ideas see my book: Teaching Spelling to English Language Learners Details, preview and purchasing at The Spelling Blog thespellingblog.blogspot.com
- 21. Footnotes 1. Around the 17th century, English spelling became more standardised. Several spelling rules were made. Many words that entered English after that kept their spelling from their original language, such as bureau from French. These are not native English words. Back to Slide 2
- 22. Footnotes 2. Teachers usually talk about final y changing to i before adding letters to the end of the word. But it helps to see it the other way round: i changes to y if it’s at the end of a word. Back to Slide 6
- 23. Footnotes 4. There is an e at the end of these words only to stop the last letter being v. It doesn’t make the vowel before the v change its sound. Here it is not a so- called ‘magic e’. Some words, like five, do already have a magic e, so another e is not needed. Back to Slide 17
- 24. Footnotes 3. The only common exception I can find is the word you. Back to Slide 14