Spelling Rules - Consonants

Question 1

/p/ (2)

Answer 1

p - pencil, paper
pp - apple

Ex. ps, py - psychology, pneumonia

Question 2

/b/ (2)

Answer 2

b - bear
bb - bobby

Ex. bt - debt, mb, dumb

Question 3

/t/ (2)

Answer 3

t - tidy
tt - attempt

*Ex. stle - castle, sten - fasten

Question 4

/d/ (2)

Answer 4

d - door
dd - forbidden

Ex. handkerchief, grandfather, handsome, Wednesday

Question 5

/k/ (3)

Answer 5

k - kill, kiss
c/cc+a,o,u - company, accompany
q, ch, ck - question, headache, back

Ex. kn - know, knee

Question 6

/g/ (2)

Answer 6

g - dig, glass
gg - beggar, dagger

Ex. sign, foreign, gnome, gnaw, through, though

Question 7

/f/ (3)

Answer 7

f - fair, life
ff - office, coffee
gh - cough

Question 8

/v/ (2)

Answer 8

v - very

ph - nephew, Stephen

Question 9

/θ/ (1)

Answer 9

th - think, thumb

Question 10

/ð/ (1)

Answer 10

th - this, that, mother

Question 11

/s/ (4)

Answer 11

s - son, bus
c - centre, city
sc - science, scion, ascend
ss - assist, address

Question 12

/z/ (3)

Answer 12

z - zoo, lazy
zz - buzz, jazz
s - noise, observe

Question 13

/ʃ/ (5)

Answer 13

sh - ship, foolish
ti - nation, patient
ch - machine, chauffeur
s - sugar, sure
ss - assure, tissue

Question 14

/ʒ/ (4)

Answer 14

sure - measure
si - occasion
ge - garage, rouge (French rooted words)
z - seizure, azure

Question 15

/h/ (1)

Answer 15

h - hat, home

*Ex. honest, honour, vehicle, Durham

Question 16

/tʃ/ (3)

Answer 16

ch - chin
tch - watch
ture - nature, adventure

Also Christian

Question 17

/dʒ/ (4)

Answer 17

j - joy
g+e,i,y - generous, gin, gypsy
dge - bridge
ge - cage, age