NGST Spelling Rules
Here are the NGST Spelling Rules.
| Rule number | Rule | Example word |
| 1 | u-e | June |
| 2 | ar | car |
| 3 | ee | see |
| 4 | ea (/ee/) | sea |
| 5 | er | her |
| 6 | ir | girl |
| 7 | ur | turn |
| 8 | oo (/oo/) | food |
| 9 | oo (/u/) | book |
| 10 | oa | boat |
| 11 | ou | out |
| 12 | ow, ow, ue, uw | now |
| 13 | ie | lie |
| 14 | ie | chief |
| 15 | igh | high |
| 16 | or | for |
| 17 | ore | more |
| 18 | aw | saw |
| 19 | au | author |
| 20 | air | fair |
| 21 | ear | bear |
| 22 | are | bare |
| 23 | words ending -y | very |
| 24 | ph and wh | dolphin |
| 25 | /k/ as k | sketch |
| 26 | prefix un- | unhappy |
| 27 | compound words | sunset |
| 28 | The /dʒ/ sound spelt as ge and dge and g | badge |
| 29 | The /s/ sound spelt c before e, i and y | race |
| 30 | The /n/ sound spelt kn and gn | knock |
| 31 | The /r/ sound spelt wr at the beginning of words | write |
| 32/33/34/35 | The /l/ sound spelt -le, -el, -al and -il at the end of words | table |
| 36 | The /aɪ/ sound spelt -y at the end of words | cry |
| 37 | Adding -es to nouns and verbs ending in -y | cries |
| 38 | Adding -ed, -ing, -er and -est to a root word ending in -y | copied |
| 39 | Adding the endings -ing, -ed, -er, -est and -y to words ending in -e | hiking |
| 40 | Adding -ing, -ed, -er, -est and -y to words of one syllable | patting |
| 41 | The /ɔ:/ sound spelt a before l and ll | all |
| 42 | The /ʌ/ sound spelt o | other |
| 43 | The /i:/ sound spelt -ey | key |
| 44 | The /ɒ/ sound spelt a after w and qu | want |
| 45 | The /ɜ:/ sound spelt or after w | word |
| 46 | The /ɔ:/ sound spelt ar after w | war |
| 47 | The /ʒ/ sound spelt s | television |
| 48 | The suffixes -ment, -ness, -ful, -less and -ly | enjoyment |
| 50 | Words ending in -tion | station |
| 51 | Homophones and near-homophones | sun/son |
| 52 | Adding suffixes beginning with vowel letters to words | forgetting |
| 53 | The /ɪ/ sound spelt y elsewhere than at the end of words | myth |
| 54 | The /ʌ/ sound spelt ou | young |
| 55 | Prefixes | disappoint |
| 56 | The suffix -ation | information |
| 57 | The suffix -ly | sadly |
| 58 | Words with endings sounding like /ʒə/ or /tʃə/ | measure |
| 59 | Endings which sound like /ʒən/ | division |
| 60 | The suffix -ous | famous |
| 61 | Endings which sound like /ʃən/ spelt -tion, -sion, -ssion, -cian | invention |
| 62 | Words spelt with the /k/ sound spelt ch | scheme |
| 63 | Word spelt with the /ʃ/ sound spelt ch | chef |
| 64 | Words ending with the /g/ sound spelt -gue and the /k/ sound spelt -que | league |
| 65 | Words with the /s/ sound spelt sc | scene |
| 66 | Words with the /eɪ/ sound spelt ei, eigh or ey | vein |
| 67 | Endings which sound like /shus/ spelt -cious or -tious | vicious |
| 68 | Endings which sound like /shal/ | partial |
| 69 | Words ending in -ant, -ance/ -ancy, -ent, -ence/ -ency | observant |
| 70 | Words ending in -able and -ible and -ably and -ibly | sensible |
| 71 | Adding suffixes beginning with vowel letters to words ending in -fer | referring |
| 72 | Use of the hyphen | co-education |
| 73 | Words with the /ee/ sound spelt ei after c | deceive |
| 74 | Words containing the letter string ough | bough |
| 75 | Words with silent letters | doubt |
| 76 | Homophones and other words that are often confused | advice/advise |
| 98 | Homophones or near-homophones | accept/except |
| 99 | Common exception words | the |
| 100 | No rule | propeller |