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Contents· 114 sections
- 01: Vowels vs. Consonants and Letters vs. Sounds
- 1.01: Letters and Sounds
- 1.02: Always Vowels-
- 1.03: Vowels That Can Be Consonants- y w and u
- 1.04: Practice with Vowel and Consonant Letters and Sounds
- 02: Consonant Sounds and Spellings
- 2.01: The Consonant Sound p
- 2.02: The Consonant Sound b
- 2.03: The Consonant Sound t
- 2.04: The Consonant Sound d
- 2.05: The Consonant Sound k
- 2.06: The Consonant Sound g
- 2.07: Soft and Hard c
- 2.08: Soft and Hard g
- 2.09: The Consonant Sound j
- 2.10: The Consonant Sound ch
- 2.11: The Consonant Sound sh
- 2.12: The Consonant Sounds f and v
- 2.13: The Consonant Sound s
- 2.14: The Consonant Sound z
- 2.15: The Consonant Sound m
- 2.16: The Consonant Sound n
- 2.17: The Consonant Sound 'Eng'
- 2.18: The Consonant Sounds h and th
- 2.19: The Consonant Sounds Voiced and Unvoiced th
- 2.20: The Consonant Sounds w and y
- 2.21: The Consonant Sound r
- 2.22: The Consonant Sound l
- 03: Vowel Sounds and Spellings
- 3.01: Overview of Vowel Sounds
- 3.02: The Vowel (a)
- 3.03: The Vowel (e)
- 3.04: The Vowel (i)
- 3.05: The Vowel (o)
- 3.06: Four Long and Short (u) Sounds
- 3.07: Strong and Weak Vowel Sounds
- 3.08: The 'Schwa' Sound
- 3.09: Diphthongs
- 04: Word Patterns
- 4.01: Overview of Long and Short Vowel Patterns - VCV and VCC
- 4.02: Twinning
- 4.03: Silent Final (e) in the VCV Pattern
- 4.04: Silent Final (e) as an Insulator
- 4.05: Multiple Uses of Silent Final (e)
- 4.06: The Vowel Pattern Ve
- 4.07: The Pattern CVC
- 05: Compound Words
- 5.01: Overview of Compound Words
- 5.02: Compounds like Blackbird and Catbird
- 5.03: Compounds like Hilltop and Fireplace
- 5.04: Compounds like Backyard and Popcorn
- 5.05: Compounds like Dogcatcher and Steamboat
- 06: Suffixes
- 6.01: The Suffix -ive
- 6.02: The Suffixes -ance and -ence
- 6.03: The Suffixes -ic and -al
- 6.04: The Suffix -ion
- 6.05: The Suffixes -ity -ety and -ty
- 6.06: The Suffix -age
- 6.07: The Suffixes -able and -ible
- 6.08: The Suffixes -er and -est
- 6.09: The Suffixes -ed and -ing
- 6.10: The Suffix -s
- 6.11: The Suffixes -ist and -est
- 6.12: The Suffix -ize
- 6.13: The Suffix -en
- 6.14: Four Suffixes- -ful -less -ly and -y
- 6.15: The Suffix -ness
- 6.16: The Suffix -ment
- 07: Spelling Rules for Suffixes
- 7.01: The Rule of Simple Addition
- 7.02: The Twinning or Doubling Rule
- 7.03: The Final (e) Deletion Rule
- 7.04: Replacing Letters and the (y)-to-(i) Rule
- 7.05: The Doubling or Twinning Rule in Longer Words
- 08: Prefixes
- 8.01: The Prefix Com-
- 8.02: The Prefix Ex-
- 8.03: The Prefix Non-
- 8.04: The Prefixes Under- Over- and Counter-
- 8.05: The Prefixes Inter- and Sur-
- 8.06: The Prefix Syn-
- 8.07: Assimilation
- 8.08: The Prefix Re-
- 8.09: The Prefix Un-
- 8.10: The Prefix Mis-
- 8.11: The Prefix Dis-
- 8.12: Double Letters with Un- Re- Dis- and Mis-
- 8.13: The Prefix Ad-
- 8.14: The Prefix Sub-
- 8.15: The Prefix In-
- 8.16: The Prefix Ob-
- 09: Stems and Bases Roots
- 9.01: The Set of Bases 'duce' and 'duct'
- 9.02: The Set of Bases 'cede' 'ceed' and 'cess'
- 9.03: Word Stems
- 9.04: Word Elements and Bases
- 9.05: The Free Bases 'scribe' and 'script'
- 9.06: Section 4- Bound Bases and Bound Stems
- 9.07: Bound Stems and Prefixes
- 9.08: Bound Bases Prefixes and Suffixes
- 9.09: Four Bound Bases- 'cept' 'fect' 'gest' and 'spect'
- 9.10: The Set of Bound Bases 'ceive' and 'cept'
- 9.11: The Set of Bound Bases 'miss' and 'mit'
- 10: Spelling Homophones
- 10.01: Overview of Spelling Homophones
- 10.02: Homophones with Long 'oo'
- 10.03: Contractions with Homophones
- 10.04: The Homophones Affect Effect and Accept Except
- 10.05: Homophones and Near-Homophones
- 11: Punctuation Used in Spelling
- 11.01: Spelling Using Apostrophes
- 11.02: Spelling Contractions with Apostrophes
- 11.03: Spelling Possessives with Apostrophes