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Spelling practice for ages 9–10

At ages 9–10 the exceptions arrive: silent letters, prefixes and suffixes, and the homophones that trip everyone up. Rules first, exceptions with practice.

Illustration: spelling letters and words

What your child practices at ages 9–10

  • Silent letters: knee, write, lamb
  • Prefixes: un-, re-, dis-
  • Suffixes: -ful, -ly, -less
  • Homophones: their, there, they're
  • ou and ow patterns
  • Contractions: don't, can't, it's

What the questions look like

Three examples at the ages 9–10 level. In BrainBite, every question comes with an instant explanation.

Which letter is silent in 'knee'?

The k. K before n is silent: knee, knife, know. A leftover from old English.

… going home. (Their / There / They're)

They're. They're = they are. If 'they are' fits the sentence, it's they're.

Care + ful = ?

Careful. The suffix -ful always has one l: careful, hopeful, beautiful.

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