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The Patterns of English Spelling, Vol. 7

by Don McCabe

Volume 7 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 -Y, -LY, -ITY, -IFY, -ARY, -OGY Suffixes

Catalog # W107 - $23.95          ISBN:  1-56400-227-6      

8½ x 11 68 pages

Sample Page 701
Double Consonant + Y Families (pp. 601-604)

Short A, E, I, O, & U + -bby ("bee") Power Vocabulary Families

bee beez bee ur bee ist bee niss
AB cabby cabbies dabbled dabbling dabbler
tabby tabbies
gabby gabbier gabbiest gabbiness
shabby shabbier shabbiest shabbiness
flabby flabbier flabbiest flabbiness
crabby crabbier crabbiest crabbiness
grabby grabbier grabbiest grabbiness
EB Debby Debby's car
IB Libby Libby's car
AH'b Bobby Bobby's toys
hobby hobbies
Robby Robby's club
lobby lobbies lobbied lobbying lobbyist
knobby knobbier knobbiest knobbiness
snobby snobbier snobbiest snobbiness

Short A, E, I, O, & U + -ddle (D'l) Power Vocabulary Families

dee deez dee'd dee'ing dee'niss
AD caddy caddies caddied caddying
daddy (4.45) daddies
laddy laddies
paddy paddies
ED Eddy Eddy's pen
eddy eddies eddied eddying
Freddy Freddy's lip
Teddy Teddy's car
ID kiddy kiddies
giddy giddier giddiest giddiness
biddy biddies
middy middies
AH'd toddy toddies
shoddy shoddier shoddiest shoddiness
Snoddy Snoddy's nose
body (2.75) bodies (7.75)
UD buddy buddies
muddy muddies muddied muddying
muddier muddiest
cruddy cruddier cruddiest
study (3.70) studies (7.35) studied (10.45) studying (10.90) student (7.55)
anybody (3.80)
nobody (4.25)
everybody (3.20) muddier muddiest
bloody (8.15) bloodier bloodiest

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:  studying studied

Homophones:   any buddy/anybody

Related Families:   See Volume 6 page 601 for the -abble babble, -ebble pebble, -ibble dribble, -obble hobble, -addle paddle, -eddle peddle, -iddle riddle, -oddle toddle, -uddle muddle families.

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