Language Tree SB 6

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SPELLING Plurals See page 16 Study the spelling rules on page 16. Write the plural form of these nouns.

1 mouse 2 donkey 3 city

4 tomato 5 tooth 6 hoof

Double letters Complete the words below with a double consonant from the box.

pp cc rr dd mm ss ff nn

1 a___ounce 2 co___unity 3 sli__er

4 wo__y 5 i___ediate 6 di__erent

7 su___ess 8 a___ount 9 nece___ary

Silent letters See page 110

There are no spelling rules to help you to spell words with silent letters . You just have to learn them.

Find and write the words with silent letters in the sentences below. Circle each silent letter. 1 By the end of the day they were exhausted. 2 Please sign your name at the bottom of the form.

3 At the end of the service they played some very solemn music. 4 She felt she could never repay the debt she owed her friend. ie or ei? Remember the rule for spelling words with ‘ie’ and ‘ei’ : ‘i’ before ‘e’, when the sound is ‘ee’, except after ‘c’ ie: believe, niece ei after ‘c’: receive Choose the correct spelling of each of these words 1 We __________ the correct change. a) receive b) recieve 2 There were six goats in the ________. a) field b) feild

3 We asked our __________ for help. a) nieghbours b) neighbours 4 We looked at the crack in the _________. a) ceiling b) cieling

VOCABULARY Context See pages 35, 66, 116, 136

Looking for clues in the context (the surrounding words in the sentence) will help you understand a word or phrase.

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