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Statutory Requirements Example Words
Words with ‘silent’ letters (i.e. letters whose presence doubt, island, lamb,
cannot be predicted from the pronunciation of the solemn, thistle, knight
word)
Words containing the letter-string ough ought, bought, thought, nought, brought, fought
rough, tough, enough
Words with the /i:/ sound spelt ei after c cough
though, although, dough
through, thorough, borough
plough, bough
deceive, conceive, receive, perceive, ceiling
Words ending in –able and –ible adorable/adorably (adoration),
Words ending in –ably and –ibly applicable/applicably (application),
considerable/considerably (consideration),
Use of the hyphen tolerable/tolerably (toleration)
changeable, noticeable,
forcible, legible
dependable, comfortable, understandable,
reasonable, enjoyable, reliable
possible/possibly, horrible/horribly, terrible/terribly,
visible/visibly, incredible/incredibly, sensible/sensibly
co-ordinate, re-enter, co-operate, co-own
Homophones isle/aisle, aloud/allowed, affect/effect, herd/heard,
past/passed, altar/alter, ascent/assent, bridle/bridal,
led/lead, steal/steel, cereal/serial, father/farther,
guessed/guest, morning/mourning, who’s/whose
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