Ti Sound of Sh

Lesson 130.
Ti has often the sound of sh: followed by on, it is pronounced shun.
na’tion      ces sa’tion     de vi a’tion
pa’tient     col la’tion     dep re da’tion
fac’tious    cre a’tion      des per a’tion
frac’tious   dic ta’tion     lib er a’tion
sta’tion     do na’tion      me di a’tion
lo’tion      du ra’tion      mod er a’tion
mo’tion      e qua’tion      nu mer a’tion
no’tion      tes ta’tion     op er a’tion
po’tion      [...]

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Spelling – Sounds of the Letter X

Lesson 129.
X with the sound of gz; as exact, pronounced egz act’.
ex act’     ex act’ly      ex ag’g’er ate
ex ist’     ex am’ine      ex an’i mate
ex ult’     ex em’plar     ex as’per ate
ex hale’    ex er’tion     ex ec’u trix
ex haust’   ex hib’it      ex hil’a rate
ex ert’     ex ist’ence    ex on’er ate
ex hort’    ex ist’ent     ex em’pli fy
ex ude’     [...]

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Homophones Beginning With D – Spelling Vocabulary Words

List of Homophones Beginning With the letter D
Spelling Words that sound alike and are spelled differently.
dain, deign
dam (-s), damn (-s)
days, daze
dean (-s), dene (-s)
dear, deer
deem (-s), deme (-s)
delinquence, delinquents
dense, dents
dental, dentil
dependence, dependents
depravation (-s), deprivation (-s)
descent (-s), dissent (-s) (?)
deviance, deviants
devisor, divisor
dew (-s), do, due (-s)
dewed, dude
djinn, gin
die (-s), dye (-s)
died, dyed
dine, dyne
dire, dyer
disburse (-s), disperse [...]

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Spelling Games

Games designed to teach spelling rules, words, and concepts
Game:  Compound Staircase:
The last small word in the compound word becomes the first small word in the next compound word.
Example:  Sunlight-Lighthouse-Housework-Workshop-Shopkeeper

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Spelling Word List – Homophone List

Learning Homophones – Words sounding alike but spelled differently.
Spelling Lesson 128.
pail, a wooden vessel.     Paul, a man’s name.
pale, not bright.          pall, a covering.
pear, a fruit.             pique, to give offense.
pare, to cut thin.         peak, the top.
pair, a couple.            peer, a nobleman.
raze, to pull down.        pier, a wharf
raise, to lift up.         quartz, a kind of rock.
rays, beams of [...]

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