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The Patterns of English Spelling, Vol. 4

by Don McCabe

Volume 4 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 CVVC and CVVCe patterns
(except those found scribbled on bathroom walls).

Catalog # W103N - $19.95          ISBN:  1-56400-223-3      

Completely Cross Referenced to
Volume 4 of Word Families in Sentence Context which is included as part of this book.
8½ x 11 98 pages
 

Sample Page 411--Compare this page to Sample page in
Word Families in Sentence Context

AIL Tail ("TAY'l") Family
See rhyming family -ale tale in Vol. 3, p. 330

AY'l
AY'l-z AY'l-d AY'l ing
tail (3.10) tails tailed tailing tailor (13.45)
sail (3.15) sails sailed (4.70) sailing (3.65) sailor (8.25)
mail (1.85) mails mailed (3.80) mailing (3.85) mailer
fail (3.10) fails failed (5.25) failing failure (3.10)
nail (5.35) nails (4.80) nailed nailing
tail (5.70) tails tailed tailing tailor (13.45)

rail

(3.65) rails railed railing
trail (3.70) trails trailed trailing trailer
pail (5.10) pails

Power Vocabulary
ail ails ailed ailing ailment
jail jails jailed jailing jailer
hail hails hailed hailing
bail bails bailed bailing
flail flails flailed flailing
blackmail blackmails blackmailed blackmailing

blackmailer

derail derails derailed derailing

derailment

detail details detailed detailing
retail retails retailed retailing
curtail curtails curtailed curtailing
assail assails assailed assailing

assailant

dovetail dovetails dovetailed dovetailing
entail entails enttails entailing
fishtail fishtails fishtailed fishtailing
hightail hightails hightailed hightailing
avail avails availed availing available (16.10)
wail wails wailed wailing unavailable

More Power Vocabulary

frail cocktail snail quail Gail coattail
grail airmail bobtail cattail cottontail shirttail
Braille hobnail travail pigtail shavetail thumbnail
fingernail toenail fantail lunchpail

Related Power Vocabulary

tailback

tailgate

taillight

tailpipe

tailspin

tailwind

tailbone

jailbird

jailbreak

jailhouse

hailstone

hailstorm

railroad (3.00)

railroads (5.30)

railway (3.10)

quail

Gail

coattail

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.

Homophones:  sail/sale, ail/ale, pail/pale, hail/hale, mail/male Gail/gale/Gayle, jail/gaol, tail/tale, quail/Quayle, wail/whale

Spelling Demons:  sail, pail, trail

Related Families:   CVV + L as in feel, heal, dial, goal, bowl, soul, cool, cruel, dual, boil, owl, foul, haul, craw on pp. 411-416.

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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