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The document outlines 5 spelling rules: 1) The Floss Rule - doubles the final consonant in one-syllable words ending with a short vowel and f, l, or s (e.g. hill, glass) 2) The Rabbit Rule - doubles the middle consonant in two-syllable words with one middle consonant after a short vowel (e.g. happen, muffin) 3) The Doubling Rule - doubles the final consonant before adding a vowel suffix to a base word ending in a short vowel and consonant (e.g. hopped, thinner) 4) The Dropping Rule - drops the final e before adding a vowel suffix to a base word

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Fivespellingrulesposters

The document outlines 5 spelling rules: 1) The Floss Rule - doubles the final consonant in one-syllable words ending with a short vowel and f, l, or s (e.g. hill, glass) 2) The Rabbit Rule - doubles the middle consonant in two-syllable words with one middle consonant after a short vowel (e.g. happen, muffin) 3) The Doubling Rule - doubles the final consonant before adding a vowel suffix to a base word ending in a short vowel and consonant (e.g. hopped, thinner) 4) The Dropping Rule - drops the final e before adding a vowel suffix to a base word

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Five Spelling Rules

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The Floss Rule


The Rule for Doubling the Last Consonant

If a one-syllable word ends in


/f/, /l/, or /s/ after a short vowel,
the final f, l, or s is doubled.

thrill, cliff, glass, yell, huff, hill,


class, sniff, dress, swell

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The Rabbit Rule


The Rule for Doubling the Middle Consonant

If there is one middle consonant sound


after a short vowel in a two-syllable word,
the middle consonant is doubled.

cotton, ribbon, tennis, puppet,


muffin, button, happen

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The Doubling Rule


The Rule for Doubling the Final Consonant

If a base word ends in one short vowel


followed by one consonant,
the final consonant is doubled
before adding a vowel suffix.
winner, sitting, stopped, thinnest,
batter, hugged, hotter, beginner

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The Dropping Rule


If a base word ends in final e,
the e is dropped
before adding a vowel suffix.

engaging, excitable, having,


becoming, hoped, sensible, stony

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The Changing Rule


If a base word ends in one consonant
before a final y, the y is changed to i
before adding a suffix
that does not begin with i.
happiness, emptied, plentiful,
penniless, studies, mysterious, skies

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