Spellings

Date: 11th Oct 2019 @ 7:20am

This week we've been looking at -ible/-able endings on words. It can be almost impossible to hear the difference when you say the word because -able sounds a lot like -ible in words like adorable. 

Generally, the rule it that if you can take off the -ible/able and it is a word (if the root word usually ends with an e, this has usually been dropped) then it has an -able ending - adorable, respectable, loveable, doable.

If you drop the ible/able and it is not a word on its own, it usually means that it has an -ible ending: horrible, terribile, incredible. Don't forget that y's often change to i's when an ending is added, but it still acts as if the root word was there: enviable - envy+able, reliable = rely+able. Common exception to the rules (because there is always one!) :sensible.

Your homework this week is to learn these -ible/-able spellings, but make sure you have got your head around the rules because I'm going to throw in a few extras in our spelling test on Thursday to see if you've cracked the spelling rule.

horrible

possible

reversible

legible

edible

breakable

identifiable

valuable

enjoyable

adorable