Exception Words

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Reading Exception Words

You have learned lots of different spelling and phonics rules. But sometimes, words don't follow these rules and don't sound as you would expect them to. You should know how to read these words, even though they don't follow normal spelling rules...

Accident

Bicycle

Experiment

Knowledge

Medicine

Separate

Reading

1.1

Root Words

1.1.1Understanding New Words 1.1.2Exception Words

1.2

Prefixes

1.2.1'Anti-' & 'Auto-'1.2.2Not & 'Inter-'1.2.3'Mis-', 'Dis-' & 'Re-'1.2.4'Sub-' & 'Super-'1.2.5End of Topic Test - Root Words & Prefixes

1.3

Suffixes

1.3.1Vowel Suffixes 1.3.2Suffixes: '-ous'1.3.3Rules for Suffixes: '-ous'1.3.4Testing - Rules for Suffixes 1.3.5Suffixes: '-ly'1.3.6Suffixes: '-ation'1.3.7Rules for Suffixes: '-ation'1.3.8Spelling: '-tion' Endings 1.3.9Spelling: '-sion' Endings 1.3.10Spelling: '-ssion' Endings 1.3.11Spelling: '-cian' Endings 1.3.12End of Topic Test - Suffixes

Writing

2.1

Composition

2.1.1Effective Writing 2.1.2Planning 2.1.3Drafting 2.1.4Editing 2.1.5End of Topic Test - Writing Composition

2.2

Conjunctions

2.2.1Simple Sentences & Compound Sentences 2.2.2Complex Sentences 2.2.3Coordinating Conjunctions 2.2.4Subordinating Conjunctions 2.2.5End of Topic Test - Conjunctions

2.3

Present Perfect Tense

2.3.1Present Perfect Tense 2.3.2Uses of the Present Perfect Tense

2.4

Nouns

2.4.1Using Nouns & Pronouns Properly 2.4.2End of Topic Test - Present Perfect & Nouns

2.5

Fronted Adverbials

2.5.1Saying Where, When & How Often 2.5.2Saying How & Why 2.5.3Using Commas

2.6

Direct Speech

2.6.1Direct Speech 2.6.2End of Topic Test - Fronted Adverbials & Speech

2.7

Homophones

2.8

Spelling Rules

2.8.1Hard 'U' & 'I' Sounds 2.8.2Words Ending in '-Sure', '-Mure' & '-Sion'2.8.3'Ei', 'Eigh' & 'Ey' Spellings 2.8.4Words Ending in 'G' & 'K' Sounds 2.8.5Spelling Words with 'Ch' & 'Sc'2.8.6Silent Letters 2.8.7End of Topic Test - Spelling Rules

2.9

Using Apostrophes

2.9.1Using Apostrophes with Regular Plurals 2.9.2Using Apostrophes with Irregular Plurals

2.10

Using a Dictionary

2.10.1Using a Dictionary 2.10.2End of Topic Test - Apostrophes & Dictionaries

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