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The Patterns of English Spelling, Vol. 3

by Don McCabe

Volume 3 of a 10 Volume Set
As a Complete Teacher Reference Tool (just like dictionaries and encyclopedias)
This volume contains
ALL the English words containing the CV, CVV, and CVCe patterns

Catalog #  W103 - $19.95          ISBN:  1-56400-223-3      

Completely Cross Referenced to
Volume 3 of Word Families in Sentence Context which is included as part of this book.
8½ x 11 246 pages
 

Sample Page 322--Compare this page to Sample page in
Word Families in Sentence Context

IDE Side ("SYH'd") FAMILY

YH'd
  YH'dz   YH'd id   YH'd ing       YH'd ur  
side (1.95) sides (3.45) sided   siding          
slide (5.25) slides   slid   sliding       slider  
hide (3.50) hides   hid/hidden (7.45) hiding (6.40)        
ride (2.15) rides (3.90) rode/ridden   riding (5.55)     rider  
guide (8.20) guides   guided   guiding   guidance      
bride (3.80) brides   one-sided       bridal      
pride (4.80) prides   prided   priding          
 

Power Vocabulary

glide   glides   glided   gliding       glider  
stride   strides   strode   striding          
deride   derides   derided   deriding   derisive   derision  
decide (9.70) decides   decided   deciding   decisive   decision (15.60)
divide (8.65) divides   divided   dividing   divisive   division (10.10)
provide (6.65) provides   provided   providing       provision (10.75)
elide   elides   elided   eliding       elision  
collide   collides   collided   colliding       collision  
re-side   re-sides   re-sided   re-siding          
reside   resides   resided   residing   resident   residential  
preside   presides   presided   presiding   president (8.75) presidential  
confide   confides   confided   confiding   confident (11.45) confidential (18.15)
subside   subsides   subsided   subsiding          
tide (4.30) tides   tided   tiding          
override   overrides   overrode   overriding          
coincide   coincides   coincided   coinciding       coincidence  


More Power Vocabulary


herbicide   regicide   homicide   genocide       fratricide
parricide   patricide   matricide   insecticide   pesticide   suicide
infanticide   sulfide   bona fide   horsehide   landslide   bromide
cyanide   snide   Jekyll and Hyde   hayride   joyride   chloride
fluoride   astride   aside (3.75) roadside   broadside   bedside
inside (2.80) poolside   downside   upside   on side   backside
topside   riverside   outside (2.10) wayside   countryside   upside down
high tide   riptide   Whitsuntide   wide (3.35) storewide   citywide
statewide   worldwide   monoxide   oxide   peroxide   lopsided
one-sided   misguided   eight-sided   decidedly (14.30) rawhide   cowhide
undecided   chide   tidings   besides (4.45) abide   bide

COMPOUND words with an -IDE word forming the first syllable

sideways sidesaddle sideways sideways sidecar sideline
sidelong sidesplitting sidestep sidestroke sidewise sidewalk
sidewinder sideboard sideburns sidekick sidelight sidearm
hideaway hideout tidewater      

Difficulty Levels on Scale of 1.00 to 21.00 are placed inside parentheses ( ).

Note:  Only those words with difficulty levels established are likely to be in your school's spelling curriculum.  The rest are left up to the students to learn on their own.

Spelling Demons:  decide, decidedly, divide, beside, besides, outside 
Related Families:   See pp. 321-323 for -ADE, -EDE, -ODE, -UDE rimes.  See pp. 658-9 for -ADER, IDER, -ODER, -UDER rimes.  See p. 611 for -DLE rimes, p. 624 for -DEL rimes.   See p. 711 for -DY rimes (shady, tidy, Cody, Judy etc.).  See p. 918 for -DE to -SION rimes (invade/invasion; decide/decision, etc.).  See p. 918 for -ide to -ent/ence/ential as in reside, resident, residence, residential, etc.   

Homophones:side/sighed; tide/tied; pride/pride; hide/hied; bridal/bridle

Click Here To Return to Description of An Index of Basic Phonic Patterns by Vowel Types

Click Here To Return to Description of The Patterns of English Spelling Volumes 1-10

Click Here To Return to Description of The Patterns of English Spelling Volumes 1-5

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