This book is in copyright, which normally means that no reproduction of any part may take place without the written permission of Cambridge University Press. The coppying of certain parts of it by individual teachers for use within their classroom, however, is permitted without such formality. | Teaching English Spelling A practical guide Ruth Shemesh Sheila Waller PUBLISHED BY THE PRESS SYNDICATE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE The Pitt Building, Trumpington Street, Cambridge, United Kingdom CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge CB2 2RU, UK 40 West 20th Street, New York, NY 10011–4211, USA 477 Williamstown Road, Port Melbourne, VIC 3207, Australia Ruiz de Alarcón 13, 28014 Madrid, Spain Dock House, The Waterfront, Cape Town 8001, South Africa © Cambridge University Press 2000 This book is in copyright, which normally means that no reproduction of any part may take place without the written permission of Cambridge University Press. The copying of certain parts of it by individual teachers for use within their classrooms, however, is permitted without such formality. To aid identification, pages which are copiable by the teacher without further permission are identified by a separate copyright notice: © Cambridge University Press 2000. First published 2000 Reprinted 2002 Printed in the United Kingdom at the University Press, Cambridge Typeset in Sabon A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloguing in Publication data applied for ISBN 0 521 63971 9 paperback Contents Thanks vii Introduction 1 1 Vowel sounds 9 Short vowel sounds 9 Short and long vowels – a comparison 21 2 The sound ‘k’ (/k/)24 ‘c’ or ‘k’ 24 ‘-ck’ or ‘-k’ at the end of a word 34 ‘-ic’ 42 ‘qu’ 51 ‘-x’ 59 3 Single vowel followers 69 ‘-ll’, ‘-ss’ (‘-ff’, ‘-zz’)69 ‘-dge’ 77 ‘-tch’ 82 4 The sound ‘i’ (/a /)89 ‘i-e’ 89 ‘-y’ 100 ‘-igh’ 110 5 The sound ‘a’ (/e /) 116 ‘a-e’ 116 ‘-ay’ 126 ‘ai’ 135 6 The sound ‘o’ (/əυ/) 141 ‘o-e’ 141 ‘-ow’ 153 ‘oa’ 162 v Contents 7 The sound ‘u’ (/ju /and/u /) 170 ‘u-e’ 170 ‘-ue’ 176 ‘-ew’ 181 ‘oo’ 188 8 The sound ‘e’ (/i /) 200 ‘ee’ 200 ‘ea’ 209 ‘-y’ 217
