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Spelling
From The Work of God's Children
[edit] Introduction to Spelling
The old style spelling books have fallen into merited disrepute. It is felt to be irrational and wasteful of time to drill children on words whose meanings they have no idea, and a large number of which they will never have occasion to use.
The substitutes thus far provided are usually not satisfactory: for they merely reproduce, in modified forms, the artificial framework of the old-time books, or else are so unmethodical that the instruction they afford is irregular and incomplete.
Our children must have a spelling book based on the right principles. It must be clearly illustrative of God's laws and the natural laws of intellectual progress, and its pages, therefore, be attractive to the learner.
This Spelling Curriculum is constructed on a rational basis. God, after creating us deserves to be glorified by all that we think, do, and say. What we do with all God gives us, including the joys with which He blesses us and sufferings with which He allows proves our love for Him.
1.God grants each person a certain amount of knowledge. It is up to each individual to use one's own free will and intellect to learn more about the world God created for us. God created the world for each of us so that we could use everything to glorify God. Our hope is that you pray with your child(ren) before you begin each lesson, asking God to give you and your child(ren) wisdom, knowledge, and understanding so that you will be able to help each other to come to know Him, love Him, and serve Him in this world so that all can be with God for eternity in Heaven.
2.On the sixth day of creation, the Bible states, “God blessed them, saying to them, 'Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth and conquer it. Be masters of the fish of the sea, the birds of Heaven and all living animals on earth.' God said, 'See, I give you all the seed-bearing plants that are upon the whole earth, and all the trees with seed-bearing fruit; this shall be your food.'” (Genesis 1: 28-29) By this, it is understood that we are to know about the plants and animals God created, which we will by integrating interesting science lessons with spelling lessons. You will find many interesting things about creation to share with your relatives, friends, neighbors, and other children you meet after the Holy Mass.
3.After Eve and Adam sinned, God stated, “With the sweat of your brow shall you eat your bread. . .” (Genesis 1:19) This means we will have to work to learn; we will have to work if we want to eat. Work is assigned to us by God usually through our parents. It is good and noble to work. Many people fall into sin by being idle and lazy, always living for “time off of work” or vacations. If we truly love God, we prove it by working on our assignments with joy and without complaints, whining, laziness, or disobedience. Think of all the graces you can merit for the world by being joyful while working, asking God to help and strengthen those who do not have work and, therefore, cannot feed their families.
4.The words are selected, not according to the number of syllables, but according to the order in which, as the child advances in knowledge, may be apprehended and used.
5.Each word, freshly given out to be spelled, shall be presented in intelligent connection with other words, so as to give a clear conception of its meaning.
6.Since the usefulness of knowing how to spell is limited mainly to connection with what one writes, it is plain that correctness must be determined by the eye rather than the ear. This demands that the orthography (the study of correct spelling according to established usage) of such words as are in most familiar use in daily conversations, and such as apply to familiar things—which are therefore most likely to be employed in letters to relatives and friends, research projects, shopping for one's household, and other forms of composition—should receive special attention and be permanently impressed on the memory.
7.These exercises will be found to be interesting and instructive, as well as varied and progressive. If they are practiced faithfully, they will give your child an unusual and correct command of the language, both in speaking and in writing. It will put your child in possession of a vocabulary that will enable intelligent reading, writing, and reasoning.
SUGGESTIONS
Before a child starts writing, there is some preliminary work of knowing the alphabet, the shapes of the letters and the sounds of each letter. This can be done easily day by day before the child even talks. The method will be described later.
The introductory words are arranged in columns according to sound. This is a help to spelling and to writing, as it is desirable to change the letters as gradually as possible. This way, the path to the brain will be a deep path so it will be easier to remember.
[edit] Spelling Lessons
Lesson 1
God did ad
cod hid bad
nod lid dad
rod rid sad
Lesson 2
at an den
cat can hen
fat fan pen
hat ran men
Lesson 3
bin cot but
pin dot cut
sin hot hut
tin not nut
Lesson 4
bun Sunday big
fun may dig
nun pay fig
sun pray twig
Lesson 5
job bell nip
knob fell rip
sob tell sip
wobble well tip
Lesson 6
bug gum date
hug hum gate
mug sum hate
tug thumb late
Lesson 7
dine note drum
fine remote hum
line vote plum
pine wrote sum
Lesson 8
bent deep fade
cent keep made
lent sleep trade
sent weep wade
Lesson 9
came bind brim
lame mind prim
same rind swim
tame wind trim
Lesson 10
hand deck boot
land neck root
sand peck toot
stand wreck undershoot
Lesson 11
bore brush deal
core crush meal
sore gush real
tore hush seal
Lesson 12
bleed cart brave
creed dart crave
deed part slave
need start wave
Lesson 13
ice bloom child
rice broom Godchild
slice groom mild
spice zoom wild
Lesson 14
air book birth
chair cook dirty
hair hook shirt
pair look squirt
Lesson 15
chain clear Christ
drain fear Christmas
grain hear Christian
rain near choir
Lesson 16
chew boy eight
flew destroy neighbor
pew joy reign
threw soy sleigh
Lesson 17
catch knock bow
match knight know
patch knee snowflake
scratch knew tow
[edit] Spelling List
| Words with the “short a” sound spelled with “a”
ad / am / an / and / apple / as / at / avenue / azure / angelic / |
| Words with the “short a” sound spelled with “alf”
calf / half / |
| Words with the “long A” sound spelled with “a”
a / apron / Abel / acorn / April / Asia / Angel / |
| Words with the “long A” sound spelled with “ai”
wait / waiter / waitress / |
| Words with the “long A” sound spelled with “ay”
pray / say / may / away / gray / grayish / sway / way / lay / mayonnaise / bay / ray / fray / tray / bayonet / pay / stray / stay / hay / slay / crayfish / mayfly / bray / clay / clayish / day / daylight / dray / fay / Fay / flay / gay / play / quay / ray / Ray / splay / spray / airplay / airway / all-day / allay / archway / array / assay / astray / belay / beltway / betray / birthday / Bombay / breezeway / Broadway / byplay / byway / Cape / May / causeway / chambray / crawlway / crossway / daresay / decay / defray / delay / dismay / display / doorway / downplay / driveway / essay / fairway / floodway / flyway / folkway / footway / foray / forestay / four-way / gangway / gateway / greenway / guideway / halfway / hallway / hatchway / headway / hearsay / heyday / highway / hooray / horseplay / inlay / keyway / leeway // mainstay / mislay / misplay / noonday / outlay / outstay / parkway / parlay / partway / pathway / payday / portray / prepay / raceway / railway / relay / repay / replay / roadway / role-play / runway / screenplay / seaway / slipway / someday / someway / speedway / spillway / stairway / / stingray / straightaway / subway / swordplay / three-way / two-way / thruway / tideway / today / tramway / unlay / unsay / walkway / waylay / weekday // wordplay / workday / x-ray / X ray / breakaway / cableway / caraway / carriageway / castaway / chardonnay / cutaway / day-to-day / disarray / entranceway / entryway / everyday / expressway / flyaway / foldaway / Georgian / Bay / getaway / giveaway / hideaway / holiday / interplay / layaway / motorway / overlay / overplay / overstay / Paraguay / passageway / play-by-play / present-day / right-of-way // runaway / stowaway / take-away / taxiway / tearaway / throwaway / Thunder Bay / underlay / underpay / underplay / underway / walkaway / waterway / workaday / Whitsunday / out-of-the-way / Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday / Saturday / Sunday / Mayday / brayer / layer / payer / player / prayer / sayer / sprayer / stayer / strayer / ballplayer / betrayer / bilayer / bricklayer / decayer / delayer / essayer / gainsayer / horseplayer / inlayer / minelayer / portrayer / ratepayer / taxpayer / tracklayer / holidayer / days / mays / crossways / endways / floodways / gainsays / sideways / weekdays / anyways / holidays / nowadays / maying / playing / saying / bricklaying / long-playing / taxpaying / payment / co-payment / prepayment / underlayment / underpayment / |
| Words with the “long A” sound spelled with “ey”
obey / bey / fey / grey / hey / prey / disobey / convey / reconvey / whey / |
| Words with the “long A” sound spelled with “eigh”
eight / eighteen / eighty / weigh / weight / weighty / aweigh / overweight / underweight / lightweight / welterweight / height / heighten / heightened / sleigh / sleight / inveigh / inveigher / neigh / neighbor / neighborhood / freight / freighter / airfreight / |
| Words with the “long A” sound spelled with “ei”
veil / unveil / unveiling / unveiled / seize / neighbor / reins / ceiling / perceive / conceive / deceive / misconceive / preconceive / receive / undeceive / vein / coheir / heir / their / weir / Pompeii / Marseilles / Neil / sheik / conceit / self-conceit / |
| Words with the “ah” sound spelled with “a”
father / chalk / talk / walk / |
| Words with the “b” sound spelled with “b”
baby / back / backward / bad / bag / bake / baking / balance / ball / banana / band / bare / bargain / basic / basically / basin / be / bear / beautiful / beauty / became / because / become / bed / been / before / beg / began / begin / beginning / begun / behavior / behind / believe / belong / belongs / beneath / beneficial / benefit / beside / best / better / between / beyond / bicycle / big / bill / bird / biscuits / black / block / blow / blows / blue / board / boat / body / bog / bone / book / born / both / bottle / bottom / bough / bought / boundaries / boundary / bouquet / bow / bowl / box / boy / brace / bracelet / brave / bread / break / breakfast / breath / breathe / breeze / bridge / brilliant / bring / broke / broken / brother / brought / brown / bruise / bruised / bug / build / built / burn / business / busy / but / butcher / button / buy / by / |
| Words with the “k” sound spelled with “c”
cab / cabbage / caddy / calculate / calculation / calender / calf / call / calm / calves / came / camp / campaign / cam / camera / can / cast / cat / |
| Words with the “s” sound spelled with “c”
celery / cent / center / bicycle / cycle |
| Words with the “sh” sound spelled with “c”
ocean / oceanside / |
| Words with the “d” sound spelled with “d”
dig / dog / dug / do / done / digger / digest /
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| Words with the “t” sound spelled with “d”
licked / picked / pricked / tricked / reached / preached / joked / poked / wrecked / |
| Words with the “short e” sound spelled with “e”
ebb / Ed / egg / edge / emery / enter / epicurian / establish / every / |
| Words with the “long E” sound spelled with “e”
be / he / me / we / |
| Words with the “long E” sound spelled with “ee”
bee / fee / free / lee / see / tee / wee / freedom / street / feet / meet / speech / |
| Words with the “long E” sound spelled with “ie”
niece / lief / brief / belief / grief / chief / thief / debrief / achievement / handkerchief / neckerchief / disbelief / unbelief / briefly / liege / siege / besiege / field / fielder / infielder / outfielder / shield / shielder / wield / wielder / yield / yielder / airfield / backfield / coalfield / cornfield / grain field / midfield / minefield / outfield / snowfield / Springfield / subfield / upfield / windshield / battlefield / broken-field / chesterfield / color-field / track-and-field / niece / piece / codpiece / crosspiece / eyepiece / grandniece / hairpiece / headpiece / mouthpiece / one-piece / showpiece / sidepiece / timepiece / two-piece / workpiece / altarpiece / centerpiece / mantelpiece / masterpiece / Marie / Sault Sainte Marie / Rosemarie / piecemeal / glockenspiel / shriek / lingerie / harried / married / varied / barrier / carrier / farrier / harrier / varier / quarrier / sorrier / |
| Words with the “long E” sound spelled with “ea”
each / eagle / Easter / easy / eat / eave / peach / preach / reach / leach / teach / |
| Words with the “long E” sound spelled with “ey”
key / keystone / keyed / valley / |
| Words with the f sound spelled with “f”
fast / friendly / facts / fun / friend / friends / family / Father / feather / if / off / scoff / |
| Words with the “v” sound spelled with “f”
of / hereof / thereof / unheard of / well-thought-of / |
| Words with the hard sound of “g” spelled with “g”
gift / girl / gab / got / gill / gabardine / |
| Words with the soft sound of “j” spelled with “g”
giraffe / gelatin / generous / general / |
| Words with the of “h” sound spelled with “h”
habit / had / half / behalf / half-and-half / |
| Words with the of “short i” sound spelled with “i”
if / igloo / illustrious / is / it / |
| Words with the of “long I” sound spelled with “i”
icycle / ibis / itinerary / silent / |
| Words with the of “long I” sound spelled with “y”
my / thy / sky / fly / fry / try / spy / by / cry / dry / ply / shy / sly / spry / why / wry / ally / apply / awry / aye-aye / blow-dry / blue-sky / bone-dry / botfly / comply / decry / deep-fry / deep-sky / defy / deny / drip-dry / espy / firefly / flyby / freeze-dry / gadfly / greenfly / hereby / horsefly / housefly / imply / July / nearby / outcry / pigsty / rely / reply / re-try / rough-dry / shoofly / small-fry / stand by / stir-fry / supply / swing-by / test-fly / thereby / two-ply / whereby / amplify / beautify / butterfly / calcify / certify / clarify / classify / codify / crucify / cut-and-dry / dandify / deify / dignify / edify / falsify / edify / glorify / gratify / justify / liquefy / lullaby / magnify / modify / mortify / multiply / multi-ply / mystify / notify / nullify / occupy / overfly / pacify / passerby / petrify / prettify / prophesy / purify / qualify / quantify / ramify / ratify / rectify / resupply / sanctify / satisfy / signify / simplify / specify / stratify / stultify / stupefy / terrify / testify / typify / unify / verify / vitrify / vivify / acidify / decertify / declassify / demystify / detoxify / disqualify / dissatisfy / diversify / electrify / exemplify / humidify / identify / indemnify / intensify / objectify / personify / preoccupy / reunify / revivify / rigidify / solemnify / solidify / / dehumidify / oversimplify / |
| Words with the “long I” sound spelled with “igh”
Almighty / almighty / might / mighty / mightily / mightiness / almightiness / benighted / bight / blight / blighted / bright / Dwight / fight / flight / flighty / flightiness / fright / knight / light / alight / might / night / all-night / plight / right / all right / aright / sigh / sight / slight / sight / sighted / sightseeing / slightness / tight / wight / wright / affright / airtight / alight / birthright / bullfight / cockfight / daylight / delight / dogfight / downright / eyebright / eyesight / oversight / ultralight / yesternight / flighty / mighty / nightie / righteous / blighter / fighter / lighter / lamplighter / prizefighter / states righter / fighting / lighting / bullfighting / daylighting / prizefighting / flightless / lightless / lightness / clear-sighted / far-sighted / fore-sighted / longsighted / nearsighted / sharp-sighted / shortsighted / high / highness / thigh / ultrahigh / skylight / high / highland / highlander / highway / superhighway / brighten / frighten / lighten / tighten / enlighten / brightener / lightener / lightning / tightening / belt-tightening / frightful / rightful / delightful / foresightedness / insightful / brightly / knightly / lightly / nightly / sightly / slightly / sprightly / tightly / forthrightly / unsightly / uprightly / brights / knights / lights / nights / rights / sights / sightseeing / sightseer / tights / footlights / houselights / weeknights / |
| Words with the “j” sound spelled with “j”
jump / just / July / June / January / journey / journal / judge / judgment / just / justice / jeep / |
| Words with the “k” sound spelled with “k”
kind / kitchen / kid / |
| Words with the “l” sound spelled with “l”
lab / lad / lady / laid / lake / land / language / large / lass / last / late / latitude / latter / laugh / laughter / laughing / law / lawyer / lay / lead / leader / leadership / league / learn / learning / least / leather / leave / led / ledge / left / leisure / lemon / lemonade / length / leopard / less / lesson / let / letter / letters / lettering / level / liberty / library / license / lie / lieutenant / life / light / lightning / like / likeness / lilies / lily / Lincoln / line / linen / lining / liquid / list / listen / listened / listening / literally / literacy rate / literary / literate / literature / little / live / lively / living / local / locate / located / location / lone / long / longitude / longitudinal / look / looking / loose / lose / loss / lost / lot / love / low / lying / |
| Words with the “m” sound spelled with “m”
man / men / mine / mackerel / machine / machinery / made / magazine / magnificent / mail / main / maintenance / major / majority / make / male / manner / manufacture / manufacturing / many / March / march / marine / marriage / marry / mass / massive / material / mathematical / mathematics / matter / may / May / maybe / mayor / me / mean / meant / measure / meat / medal / medicine / Mediterranean / meet / member / memorable / memorial / memorize / memory / men / mentally . mention / mere / mental / mentally / mentality / mere / mess / message / messenger / metal / method / might / mile / military / militia / million / millionaire / mind / mine / minerals / minor / minority / minute / mirror / miscellaneous / mischief / mischievous / Miss / miss / mistaken / Mister / mixture / model / modern / modernize / moist / moisture / moment / Monday / money / monkey / month / monthly / moon / more / morning / mortgage / mosquito / most / mother / motion / mountain / mouse / mouth / move / Mr. / Mrs. / much / municipal / muscle / muscular / music / musician / must / my / myself / mysterious / mystery / |
| Words with the “n” sound spelled with “n”
nail / nailed / nailer / nailing / nails / name / narrow / nation / national / natural / naturalist / naturally / nature / naughty / navy / near / nearby / nearly / necessary / necessity / need / needle / negate / negative / neighbor / neither / nephew / neutral / never / new / news / newspaper / next / nice / nickel / niece / night / nine / nineteen / ninety / no / nobody / noise / noiseless / none / nonsense / noon / nor / north / North America / northern / not / note / nothing / notice / noticed / November / now / number / numeral / numerical / numerous / |
| Words with the “n” sound spelled with “kn”
knee / knew / knife / knock / know / knowledge / known / |
| Words with the “short o” sound spelled with “o”
object / objection / observation / observatory / observe / obtain / occupy / October / off / offer / office / officer / official / often / on / operate / operation / operational / operator / opportune / opportunity / opposite / opposition / |
| Words with the “short u” sound spelled with “o”
of / dove / love / above / glove / shove / foxglove / hereof / kid-glove / thereof / truelove / whereof / turtledove / unheard of / well-thought-of / hereinabove / |
| Words with the “short o” sound spelled with “ough”
ought / bought / brought / fought / sought / thought / wrought / besought / forethought / store-bought / aforethought / afterthought / overbought/ overwrought / |
| Words with the “short o” sound spelled with “augh”
aught / caught / naught / taught / distraught / self-taught / |
| Words with the “short o” sound spelled with “au”
aeronautic / aeronautical / aquanaut / argonaut / astronaut / cosmonaut / juggernaut |
| Words with the “long o“ sound spelled with “o”
occasion / occasionally / ocean / o'clock / odor / old / omit / only / open / opinion / opinionated / over / fro / go / ho / Jo / lo / no / O / oh / so / ago / echo / hello / outgo / audio / cameo / gecko / cheerio / curio / domino / dynamo / embryo / Eskimo / Idaho / Mexico / oleo / New Mexico / Tokyo / undergo / radio / scenario / bravo / forgo / patio / nuncio / ratio / rodeo / stereo / tangelo / oregano / portfolio / archipelago / impresario / Jericho / |
| Words with the “long o“ sound spelled with “ough”
dough / sourdough / thorough / although |
| Words with the “long o“ sound spelled with “ow”
blow / bow / crow / flow / glow / grow / know / low / mow / row / sow / shew / show / slow / snow / sow / stow / / trow / aglow / airflow / below / bellows / bestow / cockcrow / cornrow / crossbow / elbow / escrow / fencerow / foreknow / hedgerow / inflow / mud flow / regrow / scarecrow / self-sow / window / windrow / counterflow / afterglow / overflow / overgrow / overthrow / undertow / |
| Words with the “p” sound spelled with “p”
pack / package / Pacific Ocean / page / paid / paint / pair / palace / paper / paragraph / parallel / pare / parents / parliament / part / particle / particular / party / pass / passengers / past / patience / patient / pause / pay / peace / peach / pear / peculiar / pen / pencil / penny / people / perceive / perceived / percent / percentage / perfect / perform / performance / perhaps / period / permanent / permission / perpendicular / persevere / persist / persistence / person / personal / personality / phone / phrase / physical / physically / physician / pianist / piano / pianos / pick / pickle / pickles / picnic / pie / piece / pigeon / pitch / pitcher / place / plain / plan / plane / planet / plant / planted / play / pleasant / please / pleasure / plentiful / plenty / pneumonia / pocket / poem / poet / poetic / poetry / point / pole / police / political / pool / poor / popular / population / porcelain / position / positive / post / potato / potatoes / pound / power / powerful / practical / practice / prairie / praise / precipice / precipitous / prefer / preference / preliminary / prepare / prepared / presence / present / presents / preside / president / press / pressure / pretty / prevent / previous / price / primarily / primary / prime / primitive / principal / principle / print / prison / prisoner / private / privilege / probable / probably / problems / proceed / process / produce / product / production / productive / profession / professional / proficiency / proficient / program / progress / project / projection / projector / promise / prompt / proper / properly / property / protect / protection / protective / prove / provide / provision / public / publication / publish / pull / purchase / purchased / purpose / push / put / |
| Words with the “kw” sound spelled with “qu”
qualities / quality / quantities / quantity / quarrel / quart / quarter / quartet / queen / quest / question / quiet / quit / quite / |
| Words with the “k” sound spelled with “qu”
mosquito / torque / marquee / Marquette / marquis cut / bouquet / croquet / parquet / pique / piqued / unique / antique / qntiquity / |
| Words with the “k” sound spelled with “q”
Iraq / qwerty keyboard / |
| Words with the “r” sound spelled with “r”
race / radio / railroad / rain / rainfall / raise / ran / rapid / rate / rather / reach / read / ready / real / realize / really / reason / receipt / receive / recent / recess / recipe / recognition / recognize / recommend / recommended / recommending / records / recover / red / refer / reference / reflected / refuse / regard / region / regular / rehearsal / rehearse / reign / relate / relation / relationship / relative / release / relief / relieve / religion / remain / remained / remaining / remainder / remember / removal / remove / removable / removed / rendezvous / repair / repeated / repeats / repetition / reply / report / represent / reproached / request / required / research / resemblance / resemble / resign / resist / resistance / resource / resourceful / resourcefulness / resources / respect / respectful / respectfully / response / responsible / rest / restaurant / restrain / result / retreating / return / reveal / revere / reverence / Reverend / reverent / rhapsody / rhinoceros / rhubarb / rhyme / rhythmic / rich / ride / rides / right / ring / rinse / rinsed / river / road / rode / room / rope / rough / round / routes / royal / rule / run / running / |
| Words with the “r” sound spelled with “wr”
wreath / wreck / wrestle / wrestling / writ / write / writer / writing / written / wrong / wrote / |
| Words with the “s” sound spelled with “s”
sacrifice / safety / said / sail / sailor / salary / sale / salmon / same / sang / satellites / satisfaction / satisfactory / satisfied / satisfy / Saturday / saucer / saw / say / says / scale / scarcely / scheme / school / sea / search / searched / season / second / secrecy / secret / secretary / section / sections / secure / see / seem / seen / seize / seized / select / selection / self / senate / senator / senatorial / send / sense / sensible / sent / sentence / separate / September / sequence / series / serious / serve / service / session / set / setting / seven / several / severe / sew / sick / side / siege / sight / sign / similar / similarities / similarity / simple / simplicity / simplified / simplify / since / sincere / sincerely / sing / sir / sister / sit / sits / situation / six / size / sleep / sleeve / sleigh / slide / slightly / slip / slipped / small / smaller / smallest / smooth / sneeze / so / soap / social / society / soft / solar / sold / soldier / solemn / solution / some / something / sometimes / son / song / soon / sorry / source / south / South America / southern / souvenir / sovereign / sow / space / speak / special / species / specific / specifically / specified / speech / spell / spend / spent / spirit / spirit / spiritual / spring / square / stairs / stamp / stand / standard / stands / start / state / statement / station / stationary / stationery / stay / steadily / steady / steak / steal / steam / still / stole / stomach / stone / stood / stop / stopping / store / story / straight / strange / stream / streaming / street / strength / strong / struck / structural / structure / study / style / subject / submarine / substance / substantial / subtract / succeed / success / successful / such / sudden / suffer / sufficient/ sufficiently / sugar / suggest / suit / sum / summary / summer / summon / sun / Sunday / sung / superintendent / supper / supply / support / suppose / sure / surface / surgeon / surprise / sweeping / sweeps / sword / syllable / syllables / system / |
| Words with the “s” sound spelled with “s”
science / scientific / scientists / scene / scenery / scissors / |
| Words with the “z” sound spelled with “s”
says / scissors / sections / series / shelves / sings / sleeves / sneezes / sometimes / stands / suppose / pose / repose / surprise / rise / tries / wise / buys / sighs / cries / lies / fries / miser / wiser / syllables / wisdom / |
| Words with the “t” sound spelled with “t”
table / tailor / tail / tails / take / tales/ talk / talks / tan / taught / tax / teach / teacher / tear / technical / techniques / technology / teeth / telephone / telescope / television / tel / temper / temperature / ten / tenth / term / terminal / terrible / territorial / territory / testimony / than / thank / thankful / thankfulness / that / the / theater / their / them / themselves / then / theory / there / therefore / these / they / thief / thing / think / third / thirteen / this / thoroughly / those / though / thought / thousand / thread / three / threw / throat / through / throughout / throw / thumb / thunder / Thursday / thus / ticket / tie / time / tin / tiny / tire / tissue / to / today / toe / together / told / tomato / tomatoes / tomorrow / ton / tongue / tonight / too / took / tooth / top / tortoise / total / touch / tough / toward / towel / town / track / traffic / train / tranquil / tranquility / travel / treachery / treasure / tree / tremendous / trial / triangle / tried / trip / tripped / tripping / trophy / trouble / troubling / true / truly / trust / truth / try / turn / twelve / twenty / twice / twin / two / tying / type / typical / |
| Words with the “short u” sound spelled with “u”
umbrella / unable / uncle / under / understand / unfortunate / unless / until / up / upon / us / unusual / |
| Words with the “long u” sound spelled with “u”
union / unique / unit / unite / United States / universal / universe / university / usual / usually / unusual / |
| Words with the “v” sound spelled with “v”
vacation / vacuum / vague / vaguely / valley / valuable / value / variety / various / vary / vegetable / vehicle / vein / vertical / very / vessel / vicinity / victim / victorious / victory / view / violence / violent / visit / visitor / voice / voices / volume / volunteer / vote / voyage / |
| Words with the “w” sound spelled with “w”
wagon / waist / wait / waiting / walk . walk / want / war / warm / was / wash / waste / watch / water / water / way / we / weak / weapon / wear / weary / weather / Wednesday / week / weigh / weight / welfare / well / went / were / west / western / wife / will / wind / window / winter / wire / wisdom / wise / wisdom / wise / wish / with / within / without / witness / woman / women / wonder / wonderful / word / word / words / wore / work / world / worm / worn / worth / would / |
| Words with the “r” sound spelled with “wr”
wreath / wreck / wrestle / wrestling / writ / write / writer / writing / written / wrong / wrote / |
| Words with the “wh” sound spelled with “wh”
what / wheat / when / whether / which / while / whisper / whistle / whistling / white / why / |
| Words with the “h” sound spelled with “wh”
who / whole / wholesome / whom / whose / |
| Words with the “ks” sound spelled with “x”
box / fox / fix / toxins / next / mix / mixture / ox / |
| Words with the “z” sound spelled with “x”
xylophone / |
| Words with the “y” sound spelled with “y”
yacht / yard / year / yellow / yes / yesterday / yet / you / young / your / |
| Words with the “z” sound spelled with “z”
zero / zip / zoo / zebra / zeal / magazine / organize / |
| Words with the “zh” sound spelled with “z”
azure / azurite / |
| Words with the “s” sound spelled with “z”
quartz / quartzite /
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| Words ending with “oose”
caboose / goose / moose |
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