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Grade 4 spelling rules understand that silent letters exist in English and list a range of common silent letters and words that contain them including:b (climb, plumber, debt)g (sign, foreign, gnu)k (knee, knight)h (ghost, honest)(l – palm, talk, half – in brackets because some people pronounce the ‘l’ sound)s (island, aisle)n (autumn)t (hustle)c (muscle)tomb subtle fascinate align rhythm Champagneknead column gourmet castlewhistle chorus read and spell prefixes per, sub, pro, ex, dis, mis, non, trans, tele, en, aero, super and relate to meaning where possiblepremature misconception programmablesubmerge noncommittal extraordinarydisable transformation dissatisfaction exclaim telesales misinterpretationnonplussedaeroplanenonchalant translatesupermantranscendence teleportpersonableendoscopy engagesubmarineaeronauticsspell and read suffixes ment, ture, ness, age (teach with nouns concrete and abstract – government, creature, picture: moment, adventure, future, emptiness, loneliness, closeness, courage, coverage)momentcommitmentencouragementmatureadventuretemperaturekindnesshelpfulnessindecisiveness bandagepercentagetutelage read and spell le, el and al suffixes by and using the following general rules to assist and making and learning word lists for exceptionswhen there is a root word al is used (centre-central, port-portal, coast-coastal, post-postal, arrive-arrival)when there is no root word and the last letter before the /?l/ has a stick or tail (t, d, p, b, g etc.) or the letter c (little, beetle, people, single, probable, table, gentle, brittle, article, particle)when there is no stick or tail on the letter before the /?l/ and no root use el (pommel, counsel, camel, flannel, damsel, funnel, gravel)some exceptions: hotel, motel, vital, dazzle, oval, funeral.centralarrivalprobablelittlearticleunsupportable camelremovalunstoppablegentleimmortal corporal spell and read word with suffix ious. Use “I owe you $s” to assist in remembering spelling. Know that ious words are adjectives.cautiousreligiousunconsciousseriousvictorioushilariouspreviousrebelliousambitiousgloriousferocioussuperstitious spell and read words with dge and ge understanding the rules:dge is used for /j/ sound after a short vowel (judge, fridge, budge)ge is used for /j/ sound after a long vowel (liege, huge, page)judgefridgecouragehugeliegeallegepagebridgeporridgebudgeforage suffrage read and spell words with suffix ile (percentile, futile, hostile)futilehostileimbecilemobiletactileprojectiledocilejuvenileversatileagilevolatilereconcileelided syllables – syllables unsaid in multisyllabic words (interesting, every, evening)everymiserablevoluntaryeveningtemperaturecomfortabletemporarytemporaryitinerarysanctuary vegetablederogatoryunderstand that any vowel can be used for un-emphasised/un-accented vowel sounds in multi-syllabic words and make reasonable predictions about which vowel sound it could be using:knowledge of prefix and suffix spelling (considerate – knowledge of con, er and ate)knowledge of root word (information – knowledge of form or inform)teacherelephantrespectfullycreaturebeautifulirregularpastasuddenlyintermittent apartimportantappreciate ................
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