Level 7 Spelling Rules

Question 1

Car

Answer 1

/ar/ is spelled A-R

Question 2

Corn

Answer 2

/or/ is spelled O-R

Question 3

Her Bird did Slurp

Answer 3

Look up /er/ as ?r (or ER). If not found, look it up using EAR.

Question 4

Skirt Curl

Answer 4

Look up /ker/ as k?r. If no words match, look up as c?r.

Question 5

Nature

Answer 5

/cher/ is spelled T-U-R-E.

Question 6

Pressure Exposure

Answer 6

/sher/ & /zher/ are spelled S-U-R-E.

Question 7

Failure

Answer 7

/your/ (“yer”) at the end is spelled U-R-E.

Question 8

Distant Distance / Absent Absence

Answer 8

Replace ANT with ANCE. Replace ENT with ENCE.

Question 9

Defy Defiance

Answer 9

Change Y to I and use ANCE.

Question 10

Balance

Answer 10

If no related word, look it up using ?NCE.

Question 11

Portion / Conversion

Answer 11

/shun/ after a vowel-r is TION. /zhun/ after a vowel-r is SION.

Question 12

Dollar Doctor

Answer 12

ANY vowel-r can say /er/ in a multisyllable word.

Question 13

Commodore Sailor

Answer 13

/or/ at the end is spelled O-R-E. But Not: or, for.

Question 14

Worms Worry

Answer 14

/wer/ is spelled W-O-R.

Question 15

Want Water

Answer 15

/woh/ is spelled W-A.

Question 16

War Warning

Answer 16

/wor/ is spelled W-A-R.

Question 17

Quantity of Squash

Answer 17

/kwoh/ is spelled Q-U-A.

Question 18

Quarrel

Answer 18

/kwor/ is spelled Q-U-A-R.

Question 19

Edward the Lizard

Answer 19

/werd/ at the end is WARD.
/erd/ at the end is ARD.
(But Not: guard)

*W is only bossy when it’s ACCENTED.

Question 20

Deer Here Hear

Answer 20

Look up /ear/ as EER.

Question 21

Hair Hare Bear

Answer 21

Look up /air/ as AIR.

Question 22

Military / Category

Answer 22

/airy/ at the end is A-R-Y.
/ory/ at the end is spelled O-R-Y.

Question 23

Artillery History

Answer 23

Look up /ery/ at the end as ERY.

Question 24

Irresistable

Answer 24

/eer/ as a prefix is spelled IR.

Question 25

Reading Rule: Accented AR or ER followed by a vowel or an R say…

Answer 25

/air/