Spelling

To spell a word that you can pronounce, the following may be useful: (Based on Gattegno, 1969, p. 115)

Sound	Example	Possible spellings
	see	see, we, field, police, tea, key, people, scene, quay, amoeba, busy
	ship	ship, savage, women, English, carriage, valley, mountain, village, foreign, always, coffee, lynch, guilt, sieve, busy, caesarian, chassis, Saturday, exhibit, forehead, chamois
	bed	bed, any, said, bread, says, guest, bury, leopard, leisure, friend
	bad	bad, plaid, laugh, meringue
	calm	calm, father, heart, bazaar, sergeant, far
	pot	pot, entree, bureaucracy, John, watch, cough, laurel, honest, knowledge
	caught	daughter, ball, board, paw, Paul, four, floor, port, extraordinary, awe, thought, broad, exhaust, exhort, war, bored
	put	put, wood, woman, could
	boot	boot, do, shoe, group, flew, blue, too, fruit, rude, through, rheumatism, manoeuvre, new , flu, two
	cut	cut, some, does, blood, young
	bird	bird, burn, fern, worm, journal, earn, myrtle, err, conoisseur, colonel
	about	about, fountain, physician, bureaucrat, parliament, purpose, luncheon, dangerous, nation, restaurant, autumn, the, sergeant, cupboard, actor, theatre, bigger, surprise, furniture, beggar, soldier, colour, chauffeur, guerrilla, collegiate

Sound	Example	Possible spellings
	late	late, pay, great, vein, weigh, straight, they, gauge, gaol, caf�, fianc�e, train, Gaelic, eh
	go	go, note, sew, soap, soul, know, toe, oh, brooch, plateau, yeoman, mauve, owe, though, folk, depot
	like	like, eye, lie, buy, aye, dye, guide, high, height, aisle, I, my, isle, either, fright,
	now	now, house, plough, sauerkraut, hour
	boy	boy, oil, lawyer, buoy
	here	here, appear, idea, fierce, beer, souvenir, weir, atmosphere, theory
	there	there, hair, bare, bear, their, prayer, scarce, aerial, mayor, heir, they're
	poor	poor, cure, tour, cruel, amateur
	player	player, weigher
	lower	lower, sewer, boa
	fire	fire, buyer, dyer, tyre, higher, quiet, lion, giant, fiery, tyrant
	tower	tower, our, hour, Howard, sauerkraut
	employer	employer, lawyer, royal

Sound	Example	Possible spellings
	pen	pen, happen, shepherd, hope
	back	back, rubber, cube, raspberry
	tea	tea, little, Thomas, finished, yacht, ptarmigan, debt, late, cigarette, receipt, indict
	day	day, ladder, called, could, made, I'd
	key	key, cat, school, biscuit, lock, occur, cheque, lough, talk, lacquer, khaki, quay, trekked, like, clique, saccharine, chocolate
	go	go, egg, ghost, league, guard, blackguard
	chin	chin, nature, watch, question, cello, Czech, righteous, niche
	jump	jump, edge, soldier, age, exaggerate, gradual, adjust, sandwich, gem, judgment
	few	few, coffee, cough, photograph, half, often, life, giraffe, sapphire
	view	view, of, Stephen, navvy, give, halves, I've
	thin	thin
	then	then, bathe
	soon	soon, city, nice, psychology, science, pass, schism, listen, sword, promise, Pat's, once, psalm, aquiesce, finesse, waltz
	zero	zero, is, scissors, anxiety, dazzle, lose, John's, seize, business, clothes
	she	she, ocean, sugar, machine, education, tissue, fascism, fuchsia, conscious, tension, politician, schedule, appreciate, cache
	measure	measure, rouge, vision, seizure, usual, equation
	hot	hot, whom
	mat	mat, lamb, hammer, autumn, calm, drachm, government, same, diaphragm, hymn, I'm
	in	in, know, gnaw, sunny, pneumonia, mnemonic, kitten, certain, cotton, fine, sign, champagne, Wednesday, grandfather, Lincoln
	sung	sung, sink, tongue, handkerchief
	led	led, ball, battle, pedal, tunnel, pale, gazelle, he'll
	red	red, marry, write, rhythm, diarrhoea, more, corps, mortgage, you're
	yet	yet, onion, Eurpoe, beauty, use, new, halleluja, strenuous, tortilla, queue, vacuum
	wet	wet, one, choir, queen, when, suite
	box	box, accept, except, sticks, forks
	exist	exist
	luxury	luxury, anxious
	luxurious	luxurious

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