Spelling RulesATI TEAS 7 cheat sheet

Patterns that mostly hold

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I Before E

i before e, except after c, or sounding like ay (neighbor, weigh)
Exceptions: weird, seize, their, foreign

Doubling

One-syllable, one vowel + one consonant → double before a vowel suffix (stop → stopping)

Silent E

Drop the e before a vowel suffix (hope → hoping)
Keep it before a consonant suffix (hope → hopeful)

Y To I

Consonant + y → change y to i (carry → carried), unless adding -ing

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Patterns that mostly hold

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