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In this activity, we’re going to be looking at exception words.
Exception words are words which do not follow normal spelling rules and patterns.
They like to be different and stand out among the crowds!
I don’t blame them but this does make the spellings harder to learn.
Here are the exception words we’re going to be looking at in this activity:
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mention position minute natural |
probably promise purpose sentence |
strength surprise woman women |
Read through the list and check you can read each word first.
Here are some handy tips to help us remember the spelling of these exception words:
1. Look for words within the words
Look at the words below:
woman
women
Can you see any smaller words hiding within the words here?
Woman has man hiding in it.
Women has men hiding in it.
This helps us to remember that a woman is one person (like a man) and women is a group of people (like men).
Can you see any words hiding within these words?
purpose
sentence
I can see pose hiding in purpose.
This makes me think of someone posing on purpose!
I can see ten hiding in sentence. Someone likes to write ten sentences!
2. Look for words with the same endings
position
mention
Both these words have -tion at the end.
3. Split the word up into its syllables
To help us remember other spellings, we can break them down into syllables.
minute = min + ute
natural = nat + ur + al
probably = prob + ab + ly
surprise = sur + prise
promise = prom + ise
4. Say the word how it is spelt
Read this word aloud and make sure you stress each individual sound. Next time you go to write it, imagine yourself saying every single sound.
strength - s - t - r - e - n - g - th
In this activity, you’ll be answering questions about this set of words. Good luck.
