Spelling Common Words

What are we learning today?

You will learn how to spell some tricky words about shops and places.

Explanation

• Shops: bookshop, chemist, newsagent, supermarket.
• Places: neighbour, cathedral, library, monument, theatre.
• The prefix "un-" goes before a word. The word does not change. For example, un + usual = unusual.
• The sound /f/ can be written f, ff, ph or gh: coffee, elephant, enough.
• The word "of" is a trap. It is written with f, but it has the sound /v/.
• Break a long word into syllables: neigh-bour.

Examples

1. un + happy = unhappy
2. phone, laugh, off
3. neigh-bour

Remember!

• Write "library" and "neighbour" with all their letters.
• Look, cover, write and check.

Check yourself

1. Add "un-" to "tidy".
2. Which letters make the /f/ sound in "enough"?