2.8.5
Spelling Words with 'Ch' & 'Sc'
Spelling Words with 'Ch'
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
Scheme
- A scheme is a plan people make to do something.


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


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


Chemistry
Chemistry
- Chemistry is one of the science topics you study at school!
- You study different substances in chemistry.
Spelling Words with 'Ch'
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
Chef
- A chef is someone whose job it is to cook food.


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


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


Brochure
Brochure
- A brochure is a small information book.


Parachute
Parachute
- A parachute is a cloth that is someone is strapped to when they jump out of a plane!
Spelling Words with 'Sc'
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'...


Scene
Scene
- A scene is where something happens or has happened.


Discipline
Discipline
- Discipline means training people to obey certain rules.


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


Scientist
Scientist
- A scientist is someone whose job involves working with science.
1Reading
1.1Root Words
1.2Prefixes
1.3Suffixes
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
2Writing
2.1Composition
2.2Conjunctions
2.3Present Perfect Tense
2.5Fronted Adverbials
2.7Homophones
2.7.1Accept & Except
2.7.2Affect & Effect
2.7.3Ball & Bawl
2.7.4Berry & Bury
2.7.5Brake & Break
2.7.6Fair & Fare
2.7.7Grate & Great
2.7.8Groan & Grown
2.7.9Hear & Here
2.7.10Heal, Heel & He'll
2.7.11Knot & Not
2.7.12Mail & Male
2.7.13Main & Mane
2.7.14Meat & Meet
2.7.15Medal & Meddle
2.7.16Missed & Mist
2.7.17Peace & Piece
2.7.18Plain & Plane
2.7.19Rain & Reign & Rein
2.7.20Scene & Seen
2.7.21Weather & Whether
2.7.22Whose & Who's
2.7.23End of Topic Test - Homophones
2.8Spelling Rules
2.9Using Apostrophes
2.10Using a Dictionary
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1Reading
1.1Root Words
1.2Prefixes
1.3Suffixes
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
2Writing
2.1Composition
2.2Conjunctions
2.3Present Perfect Tense
2.5Fronted Adverbials
2.7Homophones
2.7.1Accept & Except
2.7.2Affect & Effect
2.7.3Ball & Bawl
2.7.4Berry & Bury
2.7.5Brake & Break
2.7.6Fair & Fare
2.7.7Grate & Great
2.7.8Groan & Grown
2.7.9Hear & Here
2.7.10Heal, Heel & He'll
2.7.11Knot & Not
2.7.12Mail & Male
2.7.13Main & Mane
2.7.14Meat & Meet
2.7.15Medal & Meddle
2.7.16Missed & Mist
2.7.17Peace & Piece
2.7.18Plain & Plane
2.7.19Rain & Reign & Rein
2.7.20Scene & Seen
2.7.21Weather & Whether
2.7.22Whose & Who's
2.7.23End of Topic Test - Homophones
2.8Spelling Rules
2.9Using Apostrophes
2.10Using a Dictionary
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