"ENGLISH HANDSHEETS" By Diego Suarez Vivas SPELLING RULES CHARTS

N 1 SPELLING RULE most nouns ADD -s a a a a a a (CHART 1) PLURALS SINGULAR PLURAL PERSONAL NOTES bags bag shoes shoe watches watch dresses dress bushes bush boxes box a diary a a a a a ADD -s man woman child person tooth diaries men women children people teeth

nouns ending in -sh / -ch 2 -s / -ss -x / -z nouns ending in 3 consonant + y

-es y -ies

irregular

N 1

SPELLING RULE most verbs verbs ending in -sh / -ch -s / -ss -x / -z verbs ending in consonant + y the verbs go and do irregular SPELLING RULE most verbs

-es y -ies -es

(CHART 2) PRESENT SIMPLE (for He/She/It) EXAMPLES PERSONAL NOTES plays play reads read watches watch finishes finish

3 4 5 N 1 2

study go do have

studies goes does has

verbs ending in -e verbs ending in consonant + 3 vowel + consonant

(CHART 3) PRESENT CONTINUOUS EXAMPLES PERSONAL NOTES play ing play -ing looking look smoking e smoke living -ing live sitting sit double the last stopping stop consonant, add running run -ing travelling travel ADD (CHART 4) PAST SIMPLE & PAST PARTICIPLE (REGULAR VERBS) ADD EXAMPLES PERSONAL NOTES started start -ed worked work lived live -d hated hate studied y study married -ied marry stopped travelled

N 1 2

SPELLING RULE most verbs

verbs ending in -e verbs ending in 3 consonant + y verbs ending in consonant + 4 vowel + consonant

double the last stop consonant, add -ed travel

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"ENGLISH HANDSHEETS" By Diego Suarez Vivas

N NUMBER OF SYLLABLES ADD 1 2

4 5 6 7

(CHART 5) COMPARATIVE (ADJECTIVES) EXAMPLES PERSONAL NOTES smaller small older old 1 -er drier but! dry safer safe 1 (ending in -e) -r nicer nice hotter 1 (ending in hot double the last consonant + bigger big consonant, add vowel + newer but! new -er consonant) noisier y noisy 2 (ending in -y ) happier happy -ier more + adj crowded more crowded 2 (NOT ending in -y ) less + adj common less common more + adj expensive more expensive 3 or more less + adj interesting less interesting good better bad worse irregular adjectives far farther/further (CHART 6) SUPERLATIVETIVE (ADJECTIVES) EXAMPLES PERSONAL NOTES smallest small oldest old 1 -est driest but! dry safest safe 1 (ending in -e) -st nicest nice hottest 1 (ending in hot double the last consonant + biggest big consonant, add vowel + newest but! new -est consonant) noisiest y noisy 2 (ending in -y ) happiest happy -iest most + adj crowded most crowded 2 (NOT ending in -y ) least + adj common least common most + adj expensive most expensive 3 or more least + adj interesting least interesting good best bad worst irregular adjectives far farthest/furthest

N NUMBER OF SYLLABLES ADD 1 2

4 5 6 7