Adding -ed, -ing, -er and -est to a rootword endingin -yAdding suffixesbeginning withvowel letters towords ending in-ferEndingswhichsound like/shal/wordsending-yAddingsuffixesbeginning withvowel lettersto wordsWordscontainingthe letterstring oughI beforeE, exceptafter CThe /ʌ/soundspelt oThe suffixes-ment, -ness,-ful, -lessand -lyow, ow,ue, uwThe /aɪ/sound spelt -y at the endof wordsoo(/u/)Words withendingssounding like/ʒə/ or /tʃə/Wordsendingin -tionWords withthe /ee/sound speltei after cThe /ɔ:/sound spelta before land llEndingswhich soundlike /ʃən/ spelt-tion, -sion, -ssion, -cianEndingswhich soundlike /shus/spelt -ciousor -tiousAdding -esto nouns andverbs endingin -yAdding suffixesbeginning withvowel letters towords ending in-ferHomophonesor near-homophonesoo(/oo/)The /i:/soundspelt -eyWordsending in -ant, -ance/ -ancy, -ent, -ence/ -encyAdding -ed, -ing, -er and -est to a rootword endingin -yAdding suffixesbeginning withvowel letters towords ending in-ferEndingswhichsound like/shal/wordsending-yAddingsuffixesbeginning withvowel lettersto wordsWordscontainingthe letterstring oughI beforeE, exceptafter CThe /ʌ/soundspelt oThe suffixes-ment, -ness,-ful, -lessand -lyow, ow,ue, uwThe /aɪ/sound spelt -y at the endof wordsoo(/u/)Words withendingssounding like/ʒə/ or /tʃə/Wordsendingin -tionWords withthe /ee/sound speltei after cThe /ɔ:/sound spelta before land llEndingswhich soundlike /ʃən/ spelt-tion, -sion, -ssion, -cianEndingswhich soundlike /shus/spelt -ciousor -tiousAdding -esto nouns andverbs endingin -yAdding suffixesbeginning withvowel letters towords ending in-ferHomophonesor near-homophonesoo(/oo/)The /i:/soundspelt -eyWordsending in -ant, -ance/ -ancy, -ent, -ence/ -ency

Spelling Rules - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.


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  1. Adding -ed, -ing, -er and -est to a root word ending in -y
  2. Adding suffixes beginning with vowel letters to words ending in -fer
  3. Endings which sound like /shal/
  4. words ending -y
  5. Adding suffixes beginning with vowel letters to words
  6. Words containing the letter string ough
  7. I before E, except after C
  8. The /ʌ/ sound spelt o
  9. The suffixes -ment, -ness, -ful, -less and -ly
  10. ow, ow, ue, uw
  11. The /aɪ/ sound spelt -y at the end of words
  12. oo (/u/)
  13. Words with endings sounding like /ʒə/ or /tʃə/
  14. Words ending in -tion
  15. Words with the /ee/ sound spelt ei after c
  16. The /ɔ:/ sound spelt a before l and ll
  17. Endings which sound like /ʃən/ spelt -tion, -sion, -ssion, -cian
  18. Endings which sound like /shus/ spelt -cious or -tious
  19. Adding -es to nouns and verbs ending in -y
  20. Adding suffixes beginning with vowel letters to words ending in -fer
  21. Homophones or near-homophones
  22. oo (/oo/)
  23. The /i:/ sound spelt -ey
  24. Words ending in -ant, -ance/ -ancy, -ent, -ence/ -ency