Adding -ing and -ed to words ending in -e with a consonant before it (Dropping the e)

bake
cope
doze
fade
hate
hike
hope
like
love
slice
use

Doubling the ending consonant and adding -ed and -ing.

chat –> chatting / chatted
clap –> clapping / clapped
drag –> dragging / dragged
drop –> dropping / dropped
hum –> humming / humming
pat –> patting / patted
plan –> planning / planned
slip –> slipping / slipped
trot –> trotting /trotted

Adding -es to nouns and verbs ending in -y (Drop the -y for -ies)

baby
carry
copy
cry
dry
fly
reply
sky
try

Spellings

cry

dry

fly

fry

July

reply

shy

sky

sly

try

Spelling

gnarl
gnash
gnat
gnaw
gnome
gnu
knack
knead
knee
kneel
knew
knickers
knife
knit
knob
knock
know
knuckle

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adjust
energy
gem
giant
giraffe
jacket
jar
jog
join
magic

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Common exception words:

both
clothes
everybody
money
Mr
Mrs
only
steak
sugar
who

Spelling

amaze
argue
dark
enjoy
happy
kind
lonely
merry
punish
sad
silly

Spelling Week 2 – Possessive apostrophe (Singular noun)

boy’s
brother’s
child’s
father’s
girl’s
man’s
Megan’s
monkey’s
mother’s
Ravi’s
sister’

Summer spelling

Week 1

behind
find
gold
hold
improve
kind
mind
move
prove
told