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Spelling words ending with -le, -el and -al.

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'Towel', 'critical' and 'apple' all have the same pronunciation at the end of the word. So how do you know which spelling to use? Get help here.

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Spelling - el - al - le endings by Johanna Stirling The English Language Garden
trav el , loc al, examp le All three endings sound the same – so how do you know which one to use? There are no rules… … but here’s some help
 
And the answers are: -le -al -el
So if you don’t know which ending (and there’s no dictionary about) use the –le ending (for a 70% chance of being right!)
Now look at this …
What do the letters in each of these two groups of have in common? b d f h k l t g j p q y
These b d f h k l t all have ‘sticks’ (parts of the letter that are tall)
And these g j p q y all have tails (parts that drop below the line)
Do you notice anything about these words? table, apple, candle, single, rifle, cattle They all end with _____ . The letter before this ending has a _______ or a _______ .
And these? towel, travel, tunnel, camel, local, usual They all end with ___ or ___ . The letter before this ending has/hasn’t got a stick or tail.
See? table, apple, candle, single, rifle, cattle towel, travel, tunnel, camel, local, usual ta b le , ap p le , can d le , sin g le , ri f le , cat t le, to w el tra v el , tun n el , ca m el , lo c al , us u al
It’s not always true, but often -le words have a letter with a stick or tail before the ending -al and –el words have a letter without a stick or tail before the ending.
For much more on spelling visit The English Language Garden and The Spelling Blog …
The Spelling Blog http://thespellingblog.blogspot.com and English Language Garden www.elgweb.net

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Spelling words ending with -le, -el and -al.

  • 1. Spelling - el - al - le endings by Johanna Stirling The English Language Garden
  • 2. trav el , loc al, examp le All three endings sound the same – so how do you know which one to use? There are no rules… … but here’s some help
  • 3.  
  • 4. And the answers are: -le -al -el
  • 5. So if you don’t know which ending (and there’s no dictionary about) use the –le ending (for a 70% chance of being right!)
  • 6. Now look at this …
  • 7. What do the letters in each of these two groups of have in common? b d f h k l t g j p q y
  • 8. These b d f h k l t all have ‘sticks’ (parts of the letter that are tall)
  • 9. And these g j p q y all have tails (parts that drop below the line)
  • 10. Do you notice anything about these words? table, apple, candle, single, rifle, cattle They all end with _____ . The letter before this ending has a _______ or a _______ .
  • 11. And these? towel, travel, tunnel, camel, local, usual They all end with ___ or ___ . The letter before this ending has/hasn’t got a stick or tail.
  • 12. See? table, apple, candle, single, rifle, cattle towel, travel, tunnel, camel, local, usual ta b le , ap p le , can d le , sin g le , ri f le , cat t le, to w el tra v el , tun n el , ca m el , lo c al , us u al
  • 13. It’s not always true, but often -le words have a letter with a stick or tail before the ending -al and –el words have a letter without a stick or tail before the ending.
  • 14. For much more on spelling visit The English Language Garden and The Spelling Blog …
  • 15. The Spelling Blog http://thespellingblog.blogspot.com and English Language Garden www.elgweb.net