Spelling Words with 'Ch' & 'Sc'

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Spelling Words with 'Ch'

Sometimes, the hard 'c' sound in words is spelt 'ch'. Let's look at some examples of words spelt with 'ch'...

Scheme

A scheme is a plan people make to do something.

Chorus

A chorus is a part of a song that is repeated often.
A chorus is also a group of people who sing together.

Chemist

A chemist is someone who works with chemicals or studies chemistry.

Echo

An echo is a sound that we hear again after it has bounced off of a wall.

Chemistry

Chemistry is one of the science topics you study at school!
You study different substances in chemistry.

Spelling Words with 'Ch'

Sometimes, the 'sh' sound in words is spelt 'ch'. Let's look at some examples of words spelt with 'ch'...

Chef

A chef is someone whose job it is to cook food.

Chalet

A chalet is a wooden house. Chalets are often found in snowy places.

Machine

A machine is something that uses power and has different moving parts.
- A computer is a machine!

Brochure

A brochure is a small information book.

Parachute

A parachute is a cloth that is someone is strapped to when they jump out of a plane!

Spelling Words with 'Sc'

Some words with the 's' sound are spelt with 'sc'. Let's look at some examples of words spelt with 'sc'...

Science

Scene

A scene is where something happens or has happened.

Discipline

Discipline means training people to obey certain rules.

Crescent

A crescent is a curved shape.
The picture shows a crescent moon.

Scientist

A scientist is someone whose job involves working with science.

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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