Content code
              e2263
          Slug (identifier)
              words-whose-pronunciation-and-spelling-differ-spelling-rules
          Grades
          Grade 1
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              Topic
              English Language Arts
          Content
          Contenu
          Corps
              Some English words sound very different from the way they are spelled.
Corps
              Here are common examples:
| 
			 Word spelled  | 
			
			 Pronounced  | 
			
			 Word spelled  | 
			
			 Pronounced  | 
			
			 Word spelled  | 
			
			 Pronounced  | 
		
| 
			 laugh  | 
			
			 [laf]  | 
			
			 sugar  | 
			
			 [shu-gr]  | 
			
			 iron  | 
			
			 [aye-yurn]  | 
		
| 
			 tough  | 
			
			 [tuf]  | 
			
			 daughter  | 
			
			 [dah-tr]  | 
			
			 jewelry  | 
			
			 [joul-ri]  | 
		
| 
			 rough  | 
			
			 [ruf]  | 
			
			 scissors  | 
			
			 [si-zerz]  | 
			
			 cupboard  | 
			
			 [kuh-bird]  | 
		
| 
			 enough  | 
			
			 [uh-nuf]  | 
			
			 Wednesday  | 
			
			 [wenz-day]  | 
			
			 colonel  | 
			
			 [kur-nel]  | 
		
| 
			 sure  | 
			
			 [shor]  | 
			
			 February  | 
			
			 [feh-byou-eh-ri]  | 
			
			 nauseous  | 
			
			 [nah-shuss]  | 
		
Title (level 3)
              Words Whose Pronunciation and Spelling Differ—Spelling Rules Exercise
          Title slug (identifier)
              words-whose-pronunciation-and-spelling-differ-spelling-rules-exercise
          Title
              Words Whose Pronunciation and Spelling Differ—Spelling Rules Exercise
          Title slug (identifier)
              words-whose-pronunciation-and-spelling-differ-spelling-rules-exercise0
          Largeur de l'exercice
              720
          Hauteur de l'exercice
              720
          Title (level 2)
              See Also
          Title slug (identifier)
              see-also
          Contenu
          Links
          Type
              Internal
          Title
              -I Before -E, Except After -C—Spelling Rules
          Type
              Internal
          Title
              Double Consonants—Spelling Rules
          Type
              Internal
          Title
              Sounds & Spelling—Spelling Rules
          Type
              Internal
          Title
              Regularly Misspelled Vowel Sounds—Spelling Rules
          Type
              Internal
          Title
              Silent Letters—Spelling Rules
          Type
              Internal
          Title
              Words Ending in -Y—Spelling Rules
          Type
              Internal
          Title
              Plural Spellings—Spelling Rules
          Type
              Internal
          Title
              Canadian Spelling—Spelling Rules
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